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Published in: Systematic Reviews 1/2018

Open Access 01-12-2018 | Letter

Single screen of citations with excluded terms: an approach to citation screening in systematic reviews

Author: Brittany U. Carter

Published in: Systematic Reviews | Issue 1/2018

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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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Metadata
Title
Single screen of citations with excluded terms: an approach to citation screening in systematic reviews
Author
Brittany U. Carter
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Systematic Reviews / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 2046-4053
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-018-0782-x

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