AI workflows for literature reviews and evidence synthesis.
Finding, screening and appraising published research on a defined question, and tracing each claim to its evidence.
Who does this work
- Research associate
- Research librarian
- Medical writer
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Examples of the workflows identified
- Appraise the study behind a claimIllustrative
- Build an evidence table for a defined questionIllustrative
- Review new publications against the research questionIllustrative
- Screen literature search resultsIllustrative
- Trace research claims to their evidenceIllustrative
The workflows identified
Marked illustrative: an example of the work, identified, with no workflow template yet.
Appraise the study behind a claimAn appraisal of one paper's design, results, uncertainty and alternative explanations, ready for discussion.Illustrative · not built yet
Build an evidence table for a defined questionA cited table of studies with populations, comparisons, reported outcomes and stated limitations.Illustrative · not built yet
Review new publications against the research questionA reading brief of new papers or abstracts worth a closer look, linked to the project question, with overlaps and available full texts noted.Illustrative · not built yet
Screen literature search resultsA deduplicated screening register with search provenance, relevance notes, unresolved matches and missing full texts.Illustrative · not built yet
Trace research claims to their evidenceA claim-by-claim table linking each statement to the analysis output or source passage that supports it, with wording that overreaches marked.Illustrative · not built yet
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