Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40249499›Full record

ArticleClinical child and family psychology review2026

Artificial Intelligence Software to Accelerate Screening for Living Systematic Reviews.

Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Allan Jones, Rajesh Vasa, Jacqui A Macdonald, Camille Deane, Delyth Samuel, Tracy Evans-Whipp, Craig A Olsson

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Clinical child and family psychology review, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Population Approaches to Promoting Relational Health From Early Life.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026
    Article
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

8 authors.

Matthew Fuller-TyszkiewiczSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. matthewf@deakin.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0003-1145-6057
Allan JonesApplied Artificial Intelligence Institute, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0009-0004-5986-1945
Rajesh VasaApplied Artificial Intelligence Institute, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4805-1467
Jacqui A MacdonaldSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9451-2709
Camille DeaneSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
Delyth SamuelFaculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
Tracy Evans-WhippSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1993-6023
Craig A OlssonSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5927-2014

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systematic and meta-analytic reviews provide gold-standard evidence but are static and outdate quickly. Here we provide performance data on a new software platform, LitQuest, that uses artificial intelligence technologies to (1) accelerate screening of titles and abstracts from library literature searches, and (2) provide a software solution for enabling living systematic reviews by maintaining a saved AI algorithm for updated searches. Performance testing was based on LitQuest data from seven systematic reviews. LitQuest efficiency was estimated as the proportion (%) of the total yield of an initial literature search (titles/abstracts) that needed human screening prior to reaching the in-built stop threshold. LitQuest algorithm performance was measured as work saved over sampling (WSS) for a certain recall. LitQuest accuracy was estimated as the proportion of incorrectly classified papers in the rejected pool, as determined by two independent human raters. On average, around 36% of the total yield of a literature search needed to be human screened prior to reaching the stop-point. However, this ranged from 22 to 53% depending on the complexity of language structure across papers included in specific reviews. Accuracy was 99% at an interrater reliability of 95%, and 0% of titles/abstracts were incorrectly assigned. Findings suggest that LitQuest can be a cost-effective and time-efficient solution to supporting living systematic reviews, particularly for rapidly developing areas of science. Further development of LitQuest is planned, including facilitated full-text data extraction and community-of-practice access to living systematic review findings.

Indexed as

Artificial IntelligenceInformation Storage and RetrievalSoftwareSystematic Reviews as TopicHumansAccuracyArtificial intelligenceEfficiencyMachine learningSystematic reviews

Identifiers

PMID40249499
PMCPMC13282195

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.