AI-Assisted Systematic Review: Humans Still Need to Review All Abstracts for Inclusion

Although a general purpose (GPT-5), and a fine-tuned (ASReviewLab) artificial intelligence were able to rank abstracts for likely inclusion in a variety of Cochrane systematic reviews, some actually included studies were not highly ranked, necessitating human review of all abstracts.

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JMIR Formative Research
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2026-02-18
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https://doi.org/10.2196/82896
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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
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AI-Assisted Systematic Review: Humans Still Need to Review All Abstracts for Inclusion

Hyelin Sung, Scott Garrison, Deyana Altahsh
JMIR Formative Research
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
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AI-Assisted Systematic Review: Humans Still Need to Review All Abstracts for Inclusion

Hyelin Sung, Scott Garrison, Deyana Altahsh
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Abstract

Although a general purpose (GPT-5), and a fine-tuned (ASReviewLab) artificial intelligence were able to rank abstracts for likely inclusion in a variety of Cochrane systematic reviews, some actually included studies were not highly ranked, necessitating human review of all abstracts.

JMIR Formative ResearchVol. 10
University of Alberta (CA)
Reduced inequalities
Openalex Percentile: Top 53%
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
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