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Table 2 Citation disposition for 9 completed reports

From: Machine learning for screening prioritization in systematic reviews: comparative performance of Abstrackr and EPPI-Reviewer

Report

Citations for screening

Size of each 10% training set

Citations originally selected for full text screening (n, %)

Citations included in final report

(n, %)

Large reports

 Pancreatic cancer imaging

9038

904

696 (8%)

104 (1%)

 Indoor allergen reduction

3181

318

200 (6%)

72 (2%)

 Surgical procedures for inguinal hernia

2706

271

843 (31%)

223 (8%)

Small reports

 Dabigatran

889

89

107 (12%)

4 (0.5%)

 Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

673

67

267 (40%)

11 (2%)

 Bronchial thermoplasty

651

65

73 (11%)

15 (2%)

 Digital tomosynthesis

500

50

166 (33%)

12 (2%)

 Fecal transplantation for Clostridium difficile

427

43

149 (35%)

22 (5%)

 Intragastric balloon

226

23

104 (46%)

26 (12%)

  1. Counts in the “articles identified” column add to 10 more than the 18,281 article total because 10 articles had been identified for possible inclusion in 2 projects