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ReviewJCPP advances2024

How to optimize the systematic review process using AI tools.

Nicholas Fabiano, Arnav Gupta, Nishaant Bhambra, Brandon Luu, Stanley Wong, Muhammad Maaz, Jess G Fiedorowicz, Andrew L Smith, Marco Solmi

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Review in JCPP advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Nicholas FabianoDepartment of Psychiatry University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6873-5105
Arnav GuptaDepartment of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada.
Nishaant BhambraDepartment of Family Medicine University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
Brandon LuuDepartment of Medicine University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada.
Stanley WongDepartment of Psychiatry University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada.
Muhammad MaazFaculty of Medicine University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada.
Jess G FiedorowiczDepartment of Psychiatry University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
Andrew L SmithDepartment of Psychiatry University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
Marco SolmiDepartment of Psychiatry University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systematic reviews are a cornerstone for synthesizing the available evidence on a given topic. They simultaneously allow for gaps in the literature to be identified and provide direction for future research. However, due to the ever-increasing volume and complexity of the available literature, traditional methods for conducting systematic reviews are less efficient and more time-consuming. Numerous artificial intelligence (AI) tools are being released with the potential to optimize efficiency in academic writing and assist with various stages of the systematic review process including developing and refining search strategies, screening titles and abstracts for inclusion or exclusion criteria, extracting essential data from studies and summarizing findings. Therefore, in this article we provide an overview of the currently available tools and how they can be incorporated into the systematic review process to improve efficiency and quality of research synthesis. We emphasize that authors must report all AI tools that have been used at each stage to ensure replicability as part of reporting in methods.

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artificial intelligenceChatGPTevidence synthesislarge‐language modelssystematic review

Identifiers

PMID38827982
PMCPMC11143948

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