Evidence Synthesis, Systematic Review Services : Article Screening

Two to three members of your research team will screen the corpus of research literature independently, applying the team's a priori inclusion and exclusion criteria in two rounds, first by title/abstract and then by full article. Ideally, by having three members of the team so engaged, the team will come to a consensus about the articles they will consider eligible for their continued analysis (with the third team member to serve as a tie-breaker, when necessary). Similarly, this team approach will apply to data extraction decisions and risk-of-bias assessments.