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ArticleiScience2026

Systematic assessment of text summarization methods for biomedical literature from frequency methods to language models.

Fabio Baumgärtel, Enrico Bono, Lucas Fillinger, Louiza Galou, Kinga Kęska-Izworska, Samuel M Walter, Peter Andorfer, Klaus Kratochwill, Paul Perco, Matthias Ley

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Article in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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10 authors.

Fabio BaumgärtelDelta4 GmbH, 1080 Vienna, Austria.
Enrico BonoDelta4 GmbH, 1080 Vienna, Austria.
Lucas FillingerDelta4 GmbH, 1080 Vienna, Austria.
Louiza GalouDelta4 GmbH, 1080 Vienna, Austria.
Kinga Kęska-IzworskaDelta4 GmbH, 1080 Vienna, Austria.
Samuel M WalterDelta4 GmbH, 1080 Vienna, Austria.
Peter AndorferDelta4 GmbH, 1080 Vienna, Austria.
Klaus KratochwillDelta4 GmbH, 1080 Vienna, Austria.
Paul PercoDelta4 GmbH, 1080 Vienna, Austria.
Matthias LeyDelta4 GmbH, 1080 Vienna, Austria.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rapid expansion of biomedical literature demands automated summarization tools that reliably condense research articles into concise, accurate summaries. We benchmarked 62 summarization methods, ranging from frequency-based and TextRank extractors to encoder-decoder models (EDMs) and large language models (LLMs), on 1,000 biomedical abstracts from 20 journals across

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benchmarkingbiomedical text summarizationlarge language modelsnatural language processing

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PMID42733895
PMCPMC13571750

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