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Generative AI Guide

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The use of AI in systematic reviews and other types of academic reviews is very new and changing quickly. There is some support from literature on the subject that shows benefits and drawbacks:

  • AI tools are promising when appropriately used
  • Transparency about their use is required
  • AI tools miss some relevant articles for systematic reviews
  • Deduplication of articles is required
  • They can save time compared to other tools and methods

This guide is intended to share tools while acknowledging limitations and the further research and guidelines needed.

AI Tools for Systematic Reviews, Literature Reviews and more

While general LLM-based tools like Gemini and others are useful for brainstorming, summarizing and other uses, they are not designed for searching and will cite a mix of real and false academic articles if asked to create a reference list or literature review. If you would like to use AI for knowledge synthesis, these tools are purpose-designed. 

Current research on AI screening of academic reviews