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Table 6 Percentage of papers screened to capture all relevant articles for systematic reviews

From: Research Screener: a machine learning tool to semi-automate abstract screening for systematic reviews

Topic

Papers

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

WSS@95a

WSS@100b

Sedentary — overweight

813 (8)

6

7

7

7

7

7

8

68%

68%

Low back pain — lifting

2249 (13)

9

11

13

-

-

-

-

85%

85%

Low back pain — fear

2584 (12)

12

-

-

-

-

-

-

94%

94%

Lung cancer — preop

368 (5)

4

5

-

-

-

-

-

95%

95%

Lung cancer — exercise

870 (10)

10

-

-

-

-

-

-

96%

96%

Falls

306 (4)

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

96%

96%

Acute pain

23,423 (44)

43

44

-

-

-

-

-

96%

95%

Team reflexivity

13,376 (20)

17

19

20

-

-

-

-

90%

87%

Sexual health

1686 (18)

14

17

18

-

-

-

-

82%

82%

  1. (Number) = final sample of papers
  2. aWorkload saved over random sampling at 95%
  3. bWorkload saved over random sampling at 100%