There are some open-source software tools that make it easier for academics to make literature reviews easy: GNU Linux, Firefox, Zotero, Latex and many more also.
I would say that the best ever that I have been using are Zotero and Mendeley. Both are free and easy to use. I've started with Mendeley and recently I've shifted to Zotero.
Mendeley is good because it gives you access to relevant materials, helps you collaborate with other researchers and extracts references and data from numerous sources.
Software assist you in getting information quickly and making references but the critical thing of literature review and looking at the flow I am afraid you will need to do it manually.
It is well organized and structured, you can manage your references from a computer or even your smartphone using its application that you can find on google play.
Scrivener is a word-processing program and outliner designed for authors. Scrivener provides a management system for documents, notes and metadata. This allows the user to organize notes, concepts, research, and whole documents for easy access and reference
There are many software options out there. I would go for Mendeley as Elsevier Researcher Academy (a free interactive portal to use) is integrated to it:
a) https://researcheracademy.elsevier.com/learn
b) https://researcheracademy.elsevier.com/about
In so you could attend to wide range of webinars to deepen your knowledge on specific reviewing matters. Elsevier is also running a webinar channel on the BrightTALK-platfom (a free of charge portal to use)
a) https://www.brighttalk.com/join/
b) A forthcoming webinar (2021). "Case study: Tapping into research to discover cutting-edge technology" March 25, 2021, Please see further details at:
J. Israel Martínez-López et al. (2019). Which Are the Tools Available for Scholars? A Review of Assisting Software for Authors during Peer Reviewing Process, Publications Volume 7, Issue 3, Open access:
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