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Syst Rev. 2022 Jan 22;11(1):15. doi: 10.1186/s13643-021-01880-6.

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: This study developed, calibrated and evaluated a machine learning (ML) classifier designed to reduce study identification workload in maintaining the Cochrane COVID-19 Study Register (CCSR), a continuously updated register of COVID-19 research studies.

METHODS: A ML classifier for retrieving COVID-19 research studies (the Cochrane COVID-19 Study Classifier) was developed using a data set of title-abstract records included in, or excluded from, the CCSR up to 18th October 2020, manually labelled by information and data curation specialists or the Cochrane Crowd. The classifier was then calibrated using a second data set of similar records included in, or excluded from, the CCSR between October 19 and December 2, 2020, aiming for 99% recall. Finally, the calibrated classifier was evaluated using a third data set of similar records included in, or excluded from, the CCSR between the 4th and 19th of January 2021.

RESULTS: The Cochrane COVID-19 Study Classifier was trained using 59,513 records (20,878 of which were included in the CCSR). A classification threshold was set using 16,123 calibration records (6005 of which were included in the CCSR) and the classifier had a precision of 0.52 in this data set at the target threshold recall >0.99. The final, calibrated COVID-19 classifier correctly retrieved 2285 (98.9%) of 2310 eligible records but missed 25 (1%), with a precision of 0.638 and a net screening workload reduction of 24.1% (1113 records correctly excluded).

CONCLUSIONS: The Cochrane COVID-19 Study Classifier reduces manual screening workload for identifying COVID-19 research studies, with a very low and acceptable risk of missing eligible studies. It is now deployed in the live study identification workflow for the Cochrane COVID-19 Study Register.

PMID:35065679 | DOI:10.1186/s13643-021-01880-6

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Machine learning reduced workload for the Cochrane COVID-19 Study Register: development and evaluation of the Cochrane COVID-19 Study Classifier -...