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Charge: To promote and develop competencies around evidence synthesis including systematic reviews, meta-analyses, scoping reviews, and other related methods of research synthesis, through activities such as: Facilitating discussion and peer-support; Creating and managing a resource page; Encouraging programming and publications around systematic reviews through ACRL.
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  • 1.  AI tools as a part of SR applications

    Posted Feb 08, 2024 01:45 PM

    Artificial intelligence is used at all stages of a systematic review. I would like to know which platforms( Covidence, EPPI Reviewer, Distiller, and others)  have recently introduced AI tools.  I do not have time to try all of them, but I hope the collective mind will help.  I know that Covidence and EPPI Reviewer use AI for screening. 



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    Olga Koz
    Senior Research Librarian
    Kennesaw State University
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  • 2.  RE: AI tools as a part of SR applications

    Posted Feb 09, 2024 07:22 AM

    Hi Olga,

    Distiller uses AI machine learning to prioritize records during the title/abs screening process to reduce screening burden . Here's a paper about it:

    Hamel, C., Kelly, S.E., Thavorn, K. et al. An evaluation of DistillerSR's machine learning-based prioritization tool for title/abstract screening – impact on reviewer-relevant outcomes. BMC Med Res Methodol 20, 256 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-020-01129-1

    I'm not sure how long this feature has been available, but it's been at least several years.



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    Jenna Strawbridge
    Science Librarian
    Duke University Libraries
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