Recommendations and guidance on responsible AI in evidence synthesis [June 2025] *Artificial Intelligence methods in evidence synthesis series*
Ella Flemyng, Head of Editorial Policy and Research Integrity, Cochrane.
Dr. Anna Noel-Storr, Head of Evidence Pipeline and Data Curation, Cochrane.
Prof. James Thomas, Principle Investigator, Evidence Reviews Facility, Department of Health and Social Care, England.
Prof. Gerald Gartlehner, Co-Director, Cochrane Austria & Co-Convenor, Cochrane Rapid Review Methods Group.
Prof. Joerg Meerpohl, Director, Institute for Evidence in Medicine, Medical Center & Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg. Founding director, Freiburg GRADE Center.
Biljana Macura, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence & Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute.
Candyce Hamel, Senior Clinical Research Associate, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.
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How effectively do large language models and AI-based automation tools assist in writing and summarizing evidence syntheses? [May 2025] *Artificial Intelligence methods in evidence synthesis series*
Dr. Riaz Qureshi, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
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(How well) can large language models and AI-based automation tools assist in Risk of Bias Assessment? [April 2025] *Artificial Intelligence methods in evidence synthesis series*
Dr. Angelika Eisele-Metzger, Cochrane Germany & Institute for Evidence in Medicine, Freiburg.
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Opportunities and challenges for data extraction with a large language model [March 2025] *Artificial Intelligence methods in evidence synthesis series*
Prof. Gerald Gartlehner, Co-Director, Cochrane Austria & Co-Convenor, Cochrane Rapid Review Methods Group.
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Could large language models and/or AI-based automation tools assist the screening process? [February 2025] *Artificial Intelligence methods in evidence synthesis series*
Dr. Siw Waffenschmidt, Head of the Information Management Department at the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care.
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(How) can AI-based automation tools assist with systematic searching? [January 2025] *Artificial Intelligence methods in evidence synthesis series*
Dr. Maria-Inti Metzendorf, Public Health & Information Scientist, Germany: Cochrane Evidence Synthesis Unit – Sub-unit Düsseldorf.
Irma Klerings, Information specialist, Cochrane Austria.
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Introduction to RevMan: a walk-through for new users [February 2025]
Rebecka Hall, Product Owner of RevMan, Cochrane.
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Rachel Klabunde, Cochrane Support and Training Officer, Central Executive Team.
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Dr Anna Noel-Storr, Head of Evidence Pipeline and Data Curation Team, Cochrane.
Ella Flemying, Head of Editorial Policy and Research Integrity, Cochrane.
Professor James Thomas, Principal Investigator, Evidence Reviews Facility, Department of Health and Social Care, England.
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Thomas Agoritsas, Chair of the MAGIC Board & co-founder of the MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation.
Lyubov Lytvyn, Client Care Director for MAGICapp.
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Julie Brown, Community Manager, Covidence.
Sean Gardner, product owner, RevMan Web.
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Nancy Santesso, MLIS, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Canada; Deputy Director, Cochrane Canada.
Md Bakhtiar Islam, Publishing and Technology Directorate, Cochrane Central Executive Team.
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Rachel Richardson, Methods Support Unit Manager, Cochrane.
Rebecka Hall, Product Owner of RevMan, Cochrane.
Gert van Valkenhoef, Head of IT Infrastructure and Development, Cochrane.
Ella Flemyng, Editorial Product Lead, Cochrane
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How study centric data management in RevMan streamlines systematic review production [May 2023]
Rebecka Hall, Product Owner of RevMan, Cochrane.
Gert van Valkenhoef, Head of IT Infrastructure and Development, Cochrane.
Ella Flemyng, Editorial Product Lead, Cochrane
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What's new and what's next in Covidence [October 2020]
Anneliese Arno, Community Manager, Covidence
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Tech enablers for living evidence [May 2019]
Anna Noel-Storr, Cochrane Crowd Co-Lead & Information Specialist.
James Thomas, Director of the Department of Health Review Facility of the EPPI-Centre, UCL.
Alexandra Bannach-Brown, Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice (CREBP), Bond University.
Justin Clark, Senior Research Information Specialist, CREBP, Bond University; Information Specialist.
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Extracting data from figures using software [November 2016]
Livia Puljak, University of Split, Croatia
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Getting to know EPPI Reviewer [July 2016]
James Thomas, EPPI-Centre
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