Research Guides: Generative AI Guide: AI Tools for Literature and Systematic Reviews

About

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

ASReview
Open Access tool for screening articles for systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Rayyan
Free screening tool for initial screening of abstracts and titles.
Covidence
Subscription systematic review screening tool with a free trial.
ExaCT 1.0
Trial screening tool of scientific clinical trials available on request.

Current research on AI screening of academic reviews

Search of current literature on AI screening for academic reviews at TMU Libraries
A keyword search of TMU Libraries for ("abstract screening" OR "systematic reviews as topic") AND ("Artificial intelligence" OR "Automation" OR "Machine Learning")