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ArticleSystematic reviews2024

Computer-assisted screening in systematic evidence synthesis requires robust and well-evaluated stopping criteria.

Max Callaghan, Finn Müller-Hansen, Melissa Bond, Candyce Hamel, Declan Devane, Wojciech Kusa, Alison O'Mara-Eves, Rene Spijker, Mark Stevenson, Claire Stansfield and 2 more

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Article in Systematic reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Max CallaghanMercator Research Institute On Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin, Germany. callaghan@mcc-berlin.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8292-8758
Finn Müller-HansenMercator Research Institute On Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0425-1996
Melissa BondEPPI Centre, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London, London, UK.
Candyce HamelCanadian Association of Radiologists, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Declan DevaneSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Wojciech KusaTU Wien, Vienna, Austria.
Alison O'Mara-EvesEPPI Centre, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London, London, UK.
Rene SpijkerCochrane Netherlands, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Mark StevensonSchool of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Claire StansfieldEPPI Centre, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London, London, UK.
James ThomasEPPI Centre, UCL Social Research Institute, University College London, London, UK.
Jan C MinxMercator Research Institute On Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin, Germany.

Funding

Wellcome Trust 227165
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID39578920
PMCPMC11583672

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