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

Nassr Nama Margaret Sampson Nicholas Barrowman Ryan Sandarage Kusum Menon Gail Macartney Kimmo T T Murto Jean-Philippe Vaccani Sherri Lynne Katz Roger Zemek Ahmed Nasr James Dayre McNally

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2019)

Crowdsourcing of citation screening for SRs is feasible and has reasonable sensitivity and specificity. By expediting the screening process, crowdsourcing could permit the investigative team to focus on more complex SR tasks. Future directions should focus on developing a user-friendly online platform that allows research teams to crowdsource their reviews.

Keyphrases

systematic review
working memory
social media
healthcare
high throughput
randomized controlled trial
meta analyses
current status
health information