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Recent text anonymization research shows a growing shift toward context-aware anonymization, yet the field suffers from significant fragmentation, inconsistent evaluation protocols, and persistent limitations in handling quasi-identifiers and semantic leakage. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To provide a comprehensive, systematic review of text anonymization methodologies, evaluation paradigms, datasets, and emerging challenges from literature published between 2020 and 2025.

August 19, 2026Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Data Mining and Knowledge DiscoveryOpen Access

Recent Advances in Text Anonymization: A Systematic Review

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MLMarina LitvakSami Shamoon College of Engineering AJAlípio JorgeUniversidade do Porto

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Systematic review uncovers significant fragmentation and evaluation inconsistencies in text anonymization methods, highlighting the need for context-aware privacy frameworks.

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To provide a comprehensive, systematic review of text anonymization methodologies, evaluation paradigms, datasets, and emerging challenges from literature published between 2020 and 2025.
Conducted a structured search and systematic screening procedure identifying 48 primary studies published between 2020 and 2025.
Categorized and evaluated approaches across rule-based, statistical, neural, transformer-based, and large language model (LLM) paradigms across diverse domains and languages.
Identified persistent vulnerabilities in managing quasi-identifiers and semantic leakage, along with substantial fragmentation and inconsistencies across privacy and utility evaluation protocols.
Observed a distinct methodological transition from identifier-centric de-identification toward context-aware anonymization, outstripping the development pace of standardized evaluation benchmarks.

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Litvak et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a85634f03308d306e2d668a https://doi.org/10.1002/widm.70127

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Systematic review uncovers significant fragmentation and evaluation inconsistencies in text anonymization methods, highlighting the need for context-aware privacy frameworks.

Recent Advances in Text Anonymization: A Systematic Review

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Recent Advances in Text Anonymization: A Systematic Review

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