Single screen of citations with excluded terms: an approach to citation screening in systematic reviews
Abstract Citation screening during the systematic review process can be time-consuming due to the exponentially increasing amount of research. This letter describes an approach to expediting the process by single screening citations that include terms in the abstract and/or keywords related to the e...
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doaj-4485f941599c438082a8d67ea2ae212c2020-11-25T01:53:40ZengBMCSystematic Reviews2046-40532018-07-01711410.1186/s13643-018-0782-xSingle screen of citations with excluded terms: an approach to citation screening in systematic reviewsBrittany U. Carter0Kaiser Permanente Care Management InstituteAbstract Citation screening during the systematic review process can be time-consuming due to the exponentially increasing amount of research. This letter describes an approach to expediting the process by single screening citations that include terms in the abstract and/or keywords related to the exclusion criteria of the systematic review to quickly reject studies with a high likelihood of being excluded from the systematic review. This method can potentially improve the efficiency of the citation screening process while maintaining the quality of the systematic review; however, future research is needed to further validate this approach.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-018-0782-xSystematic reviewMethodologyLiterature searchExclusion criteriaAbstract screening |
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Single screen of citations with excluded terms: an approach to citation screening in systematic reviews |
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Single screen of citations with excluded terms: an approach to citation screening in systematic reviews |
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Single screen of citations with excluded terms: an approach to citation screening in systematic reviews |
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Systematic Reviews |
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Abstract Citation screening during the systematic review process can be time-consuming due to the exponentially increasing amount of research. This letter describes an approach to expediting the process by single screening citations that include terms in the abstract and/or keywords related to the exclusion criteria of the systematic review to quickly reject studies with a high likelihood of being excluded from the systematic review. This method can potentially improve the efficiency of the citation screening process while maintaining the quality of the systematic review; however, future research is needed to further validate this approach. |
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Systematic review Methodology Literature search Exclusion criteria Abstract screening |
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