Looking for additional support for a systematic review, literature review or other academic review? The resources below focus on fundamentals, not AI screening.
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:
This guide is intended to share tools while acknowledging limitations and the further research and guidelines needed.
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.