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ArticleJAMIA open2025

Using artificial intelligence to expedite and enhance plain language summary abstract writing of scientific content.

David McMinn, Tom Grant, Laura DeFord-Watts, Veronica Porkess, Margarita Lens, Christopher Rapier, Wilson Q Joe, Timothy A Becker, Walter Bender

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Article in JAMIA open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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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.

David McMinnSorcero, East Kilbride G75 8QD, United Kingdom.
Tom GrantUCB, Slough SL1 3WE, United Kingdom.
Laura DeFord-WattsLumanity Communications Inc., Yardley, PA 19067, United States.
Veronica PorkessUCB, Slough SL1 3WE, United Kingdom.
Margarita LensUCB, Slough SL1 3WE, United Kingdom.
Christopher RapierUCB, Slough SL1 3WE, United Kingdom.
Wilson Q JoeLumanity Communications Inc., Yardley, PA 19067, United States.
Timothy A BeckerLumanity Communications Inc., Yardley, PA 19067, United States.
Walter BenderSorcero, Washington, DC 20005, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To assess the capacity of a bespoke artificial intelligence (AI) process to help medical writers efficiently generate quality plain language summary abstracts (PLSAs). Materials and Methods: Three independent studies were conducted. In Studies 1 and 3, original scientific abstracts (OSAs; Results: In Study 1, bespoke AI PLSAs were easier to read than medical writer PLSAs across all readability metrics ( Discussion: The bespoke AI process may enhance access to health information by helping medical writers produce PLSAs of scientific content that are fit for purpose. Conclusion: The bespoke AI process can more efficiently create better quality, more readable first draft PLSAs versus medical writer-generated PLSAs.

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artificial intelligence (AI)health communicationhealth literacyplain language summary (PLS)

Identifiers

PMID40183004
PMCPMC11967854

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