Year: 2026
Type: review
Abstract: In this study, we present the AIM Review Tool , a modern web-based application that integrates active and supervised machine learning to accelerate the screening of publications for systematic reviews. AIM Review combines advanced text vectorization methods with machine learning models executed directly in the web browser, enabling rapid and privacy-preserving analysis. Unlike existing tools, AIM Review uniquely incorporates nested cross-validation and semi-automated screening strategies, enhancing both efficiency and precision in evidence synthesis. Using six real-world case studies across various topics, we demonstrate substantial workload reductions through active learning, with the percentage of publications not requiring screening while achieving ≥95% recall (WSS 95% ) ranging from 20% to 95%. Supervised learning pipelines trained on a subset of screened records predicted the relevance of unscreened publications with balanced accuracies between 75% and 87%. AIM Review provides a flexible, scalable, and accessible solution for large-scale literature screening and can be readily integrated into existing manual workflows.
Source: npj Artificial Intelligence
Authors: Sergio Mena, Esther Rituerto-González, Fiona Coutts, Jana von Trott, Grace R. Jacobs, Linda Bryant, Louise Moles, Nicoleta Sirbu, Liisi Promet, Dominic Oliver, Muhammad S. Ahmed, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Nikolaos Koutsouleris, Paris Alexandros Lalousis
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,590
OpenAlex ID: W7130833580