Table 1 Identified machine learning tools that assist the systematic review process by type of computational tool
Index | ML tool name | Step in the systematic review process the tool is used | Computational methods involved | Last update | Number of citations | Hyperlink to access to the tool |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Machine learning algorithms | ||||||
  1 | A Keyword-Based Literature Review Data Generating Algorithm (*) | Data extraction | NLP | 2019 | 1 | |
  2 | Active_learning_document_screening (*) | Screening | NLP, SL | 2020 | 1 | https://github.com/afcarvallo/active_learning_document_screening |
  3 | Active-learning-for-systematic-review (*) | Screening | NLP, SL | 2019 | 1 | https://github.com/sxzhang1201/active-learning-for-systematic-review |
  4 | DAE-FF (*) | Screening | SL | 2019 | 1 | |
  5 | InclusionCriteria (*) | Screening | NLP | 2019 | 1 | |
  6 | Machine Learning Functions (*) | Screening | SL | 2020 | 1 | https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13643-020-01520-5#Sec14 |
  7 | PubmedClassifier (*) | Screening | NLP, SL | 2018 | 1 | |
  8 | RAPTOR (*) | Data extraction | NLP | 2021 | 1 | |
  9 | Rules_cochranereviews (*) | Screening, Data extraction | NLP | 2020 | 1 | |
  10 | SLR_SearchStrings (*) | Search, Screening | NLP | 2018 | 1 | |
  11 | TextRank (*) | Search | NLP, USL | 2020 | 2 | |
Desktop-applications | ||||||
  12 | ASReview | Screening | NLP, SL | 2021 | 2 | |
  13 | ASReview-covid | Screening | NLP, SL | 2021 | 1 | |
  14 | FASTREAD (*) | Screening | SL | 2020 | 1 | |
  15 | GAPscreener | Screening | NLP, SL | 2017 | 2 | http://hugenavigator.net/HuGENavigator/HNDescription/opensource_GAP.html |
  16 | Pvtopic (*) | Screening, Data extraction | SL | 2016 | 1 | |
  17 | RapidMiner | Screening | NLP, SL, SSL, USL | 2021 | 6 | |
  18 | Rax | Search, Screening, Data extraction | NLP, SL | 2021 | 1 | |
  19 | SWIFT-Review | Search, Screening | SL | 2019 | 8 | |
Software packages/libraries | ||||||
  20 | BIBOT (*) | Search | NLP | 2018 | 1 | |
  21 | Costumer (*) | Search | SL | 2017 | 2 | |
  22 | Litsearchr (*) | Search | NLP | 2019 | 2 | |
  23 | Revtools (*) | Deduplication, Screening | NLP | 2019 | 2 | |
  24 | Rnatlp (*) | Data extraction | NLP | 2020 | 1 | |
Web-applications | ||||||
  25 | 2DSearch | Search | NLP | 2021 | 2 | |
  26 | Abstrackr | Screening | SL | 2019 | 23 | |
  27 | Aggregator | Search | SL | 2017 | 1 | http://arrowsmith.psych.uic.edu/cgi-bin/arrowsmith_uic/RCT_Tagger.cgi?ID=22379 |
  28 | Carrot2 | Search | NLP | 2021 | 1 | |
  29 | Chilibot | Search | NLP | 2017 | 1 | |
  30 | Cochrane RCT Classifier | Screening | SL | 2021 | 1 | |
  31 | Cochrane Register of Studies | Search | NLP | 2021 | 1 | https://community.cochrane.org/help/tools-and-software/crs-cochrane-register-studies |
  32 | Colandr | Screening, Data extraction | NLP, SL | 2018 | 6 | |
  33 | Concept Encoder | Screening | NLP, SL | 2021 | 1 | |
  34 | COREMINE medical | Search | NLP | 2021 | 1 | |
  35 | DistillerSR | Search, Screening, Data extraction | NLP, SL | 2021 | 10 | |
  36 | DoCTER | Screening | NLP, SSL | 2017 | 1 | |
  37 | Doctor Evidence | Search | NLP | 2021 | 3 | |
  38 | Epistemonikos | Search | SL | 2021 | 3 | |
  39 | EPPI-Reviewer | Screening | NLP | 2021 | 17 | |
  40 | ExaCT | Data extraction | SL | 2010 | 7 | |
  41 | FACTA +  | Search | NLP | 2019 | 1 | |
  42 | Heoro | Search | NLP | 2021 | 1 | |
  43 | IRIS.AI | Search, Screening, Data extraction | NLP, SL | 2019 | 1 | |
  44 | Leximancer | Search | NLP, USL | 2021 | 2 | |
  45 | Linguamatics | Search | NLP | 2021 | 1 | |
  46 | PICO Portal | Screening, Deduplication | NLP, SSL | 2021 | 1 | |
  47 | Rayyan | Screening | NLP, SL | 2021 | 17 | |
  48 | RCT tagger | Search | NLP, SL | 2017 | 6 | http://arrowsmith.psych.uic.edu/cgi-bin/arrowsmith_uic/RCT_Tagger.cgi |
  49 | Research Screener | Screening | NLP, SL | 2021 | 1 | |
  50 | RobotAnalyst | Search, Screening | SL | 2018 | 11 | |
  51 | RobotReviewer (*) | Data extraction, Risk of Bias | NLP, SL | 2020 | 14 | |
  52 | RobotSearch | Screening | NLP, SL | 2019 | 5 | |
  53 | Sample Size Search (SSS) Tool for PubMed | Search | NLP | 2020 | 1 | |
  54 | Screen4Me | Screening | NLP | 2020 | 1 | https://community.cochrane.org/sites/default/files/uploads/S4M_webinar_slides_Feb_2019.pdf |
  55 | SRA | Search, Deduplication, Screening | NLP | 2021 | 5 | |
  56 | SWIFT-Active Screener | Screening | SL | 2021 | 4 | |
  57 | SyRF | Screening | NLP | 2021 | 2 | |
  58 | Sysrev | Screening | SL | 2021 | 1 | |
  59 | Thalia (*) | Search | NLP | 2019 | 2 | |
  60 | Trial2rev (*) | Search, SR updates | SSL | 2021 | 1 | |
  61 | Trialstreamer | Search | NLP, SL | 2021 | 1 | |
  62 | Voyant Tools | Search | NLP | 2021 | 1 | |
  63 | Wordstat | Search | NLP | 2021 | 1 | https://provalisresearch.com/products/content-analysis-software |