Crowdsourcing the Citation Screening Process for Systematic Reviews: Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Systematic reviews (SRs) are often cited as the highest level of evidence available as they involve the identification and synthesis of published studies on a topic. Unfortunately, it is increasingly challenging for small teams to complete SR procedures in a reasonable time period, given the exponential rise in the volume of primary literature. Crowdsourcing has been postulated as a potential solution.

Objective

The feasibility objective of this study was to determine whether a crowd would be willing to perform and complete abstract and full text screening. The validation objective was to assess the quality of the crowd's work, including retention of eligible citations (sensitivity) and work performed for the investigative team, defined as the percentage of citati

SUBMITTER: Nama N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6658317 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature