August 2, 2024Systematic ReviewsOpen Access

Automation of duplicate record detection for systematic reviews: Deduplicator

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Randomized trial demonstrates improved deduplication efficiency in systematic reviews, suggesting effective automation benefits.

Using the Deduplicator reduced the mean deduplication time to 5 minutes per 1000 records, compared to 15 minutes with EndNote.
The balanced algorithm achieved an impressive mean F1 score of 0.9647 during duplicate record detection across multiple databases.
Evaluating three Deduplicator algorithms revealed that the focused algorithm excelled in accuracy, achieving a score of 0.9798, while also exhibiting high recall rates at 0.9757.  This work supports the potential for automated tools like Deduplicator to streamline systematic reviews, emphasizing the need for comparative studies against other methods.

Forbes et al. (2024) studied this question.

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