A major task of SR is identifying studies appropriate for review and then screening those studies to find which should be included in the SR.
- Lengthiest and most work-intensive piece of SR
- Critical for a high‐quality systematic review
- Research questions can transcend disciplinary boundaries and require the use of both disciplinary and cross‐disciplinary databases
- Searches can easily result in thousands of articles to be screened
- Abstract screening
- Allows team to reduce number of full-text screen articles
- Many fields do not have structured abstract and subject term guidelines
- Increased potential for bias
- Multiple screeners
- Use the available tools & technology
- Varies greatly from one project to the next