AI-pocalypse now: Automating the systematic literature review with SPARK (Systematic processing and automated review Kit) - gathering, organising, filtering, and scaffolding.

ABSTRACT: Researchers today face significant challenges reshaping the landscape of academic, government, and industry research due to the exponential growth of global research outputs and the advent of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). The annual increase in published works has made it difficult for traditional literature review and data analysis methods to keep pace, often rendering reviews outdated by the time of publication. In response, this methods article introduces a suite of new tools designed to automate a number of stages for systematic literature reviews. Designated SPARK (Systematic Processing and Automated Review Kit), the new computational-based approaches presented in this article automate the collection, organisation, and filtering of journal articles, alongside a data extr

SUBMITTER: Atkinson CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11751522 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature