Searching Inside a Review
Use the search box to select results inside a review for faster screening
When inspecting Review Details, users can take advantage of the search box to craft custom search criteria using tags, keywords, etc using a simplified query language.
The simplest method is just to type the key terms to be matched. These will be searched in the title, abstract and publication name:

Users can also search according to AI tags, screening decisions, comments and source data. Lets look at how this is possible with the results query language:
You can search results of a review using a flexible query language: In the search box, users can write queries of the form
parameter: <value> parameter2: <value> parameter3: <value>
Here's an example that retrieves results containing the Identifiable patient AI tag:

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Retrieve all articles tagged as "Suspected AE" | tag:ae (or tag:adverse) |
Retrieve all articles containing the word "acetamoniphen" AND containing a patient mention (patient tag) | match:acetaminophen tag:patient |
Retrieve articles NOT flagged as a special situation AND flagged as aggregate report | notag:special decision:aggregate |
Retrieve all articles containing a screening decision from user user1 AND the word allergic reaction in the reviewer comments section. | by:juser1 comment:allergic reaction |
Only articles from PubMed tagged with a special situation | source:pubmed tag:special |
Articles with an identifiable patient AND saved as a serious event by the reviewer. | tag:patient decision:serious |
Match specified keyterms in article title and publication name. This is also the default behavior when not using the
param: <value
syntax.- Usage:
match:key terms
Examples:
match:case
- Usage:
tag:value
Examples:
tag:ae
(articles tagged "Suspected AE", can also usetag: adverse
)tag:patient
(articles with a confirmed patient mention)tag:special
(articles tagged with any special situation)tag:case
(suspected case tag)
Performs the inverse of tag: matches articles that do not contain stated tag.
notag:ae
(articles not tagged "Suspected AE" )
Matches articles last updated by user matching
<user>
Example:
by:mlmai
Matches articles from a given source (pubmed, doaj, crossref, etc.)
Example:
source:doaj
Matches the contents in article's comment section of the most recent screening decision (if any)
Example:
comment:duplicate
Matches articles with a specific review decision:
Examples:
- Serious events:
decision:serious
- Aggregate reporting:
decision:agg
- Safety signal:
decision:signal
decision:Pending Translation
Note: use
nodecision:
to retrieve opposite results.When multiple query values are used, they are treated as an AND search:
Example: Articles tagged with a special situation AND updated by user
mlmai
by:mlmai tag:special
Example: Articles from the DOAJ database AND matching "paracetamol" in title or abstract:
source:doaj match:paracetamol
Example: articles tagged as Suspected Adverse AND updated by user "admin"
tag:ae by:admin
Example: Articles with the word "duplicate" in comment AND NOT tagged as a special situation.
comment:duplicate notag:special
The search box is also available from the Find Articles screen, where users can search into multiple reviews based on a date range, or monitors
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