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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.

Keyword Matching

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:

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:

Query Options - Summary

Parameter
What it does
match:
  • Match specified keyterms in article title and publication name
  • Use nomatch: for the opposite query.
tag:
  • Match only articles with a specific AI Tag. (for the opposite effect use notag:
by:
  • Matches articles last updated by user matching <user> (use nouser: for the opposite query)
source:
  • Matches articles from a given source (pubmed, doaj, crossref, etc.)
  • For the opposite query use nosource:
  • Matches the contents in article's comment section of the most recent screening decision (if any)
  • For the opposite query use nocomment:
  • Select specific review or QC decisions. Ex: decision:serious
  • For the opposite result use nodecision:
mainauthor:
anyauthor:

Examples

Task
Query
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 reactionin 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

Query Options

match: <value>

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

tag: <value>

Match only articles with a specific AI Tag. Tags can be specified as follows
  • Usage: tag:value
Examples:
  • tag:ae (articles tagged "Suspected AE", can also use tag: adverse)
  • tag:patient (articles with a confirmed patient mention)
  • tag:special (articles tagged with any special situation)
  • tag:case (suspected case tag)
  • tag:keyword (articles matching user defined keywords configured in the monitor)

notag: <value>

Performs the inverse of tag: matches articles that do not contain stated tag.
  • notag:ae (articles not tagged "Suspected AE" )

by: <user>

Matches articles last updated by user matching <user>
Example:
  • by:mlmai

source: <source>

Matches articles from a given source (pubmed, doaj, crossref, etc.)
Example:
  • source:doaj

comment:<comment>

Matches the contents in article's comment section of the most recent screening decision (if any)
Example:
  • comment:duplicate

decision:<decision>

Matches articles with a specific review decision:
Examples:
  • Serious events: decision:serious
  • Aggregate reporting: decision:agg
  • Safety signal: decision:signal
Decision labels from custom workflows are also accepted:
  • decision:Pending Translation
Note: use nodecision: to retrieve opposite results.

Composing queries

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