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Main Authors: Reyes-Consuelo, Alejandro, Kiss, Jocelyne, Voisin, Julien
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Published: Zenodo 2026
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20126814
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author Reyes-Consuelo, Alejandro
Kiss, Jocelyne
Voisin, Julien
author_facet Reyes-Consuelo, Alejandro
Kiss, Jocelyne
Voisin, Julien
contents <p>metaScreener is an open-source, cross-platform desktop application implemented in<br>Python/Tkinter that delivers a sequential, multi-stage pipeline for systematic literature<br>screening. The software integrates deterministic rule-based filters with large<br>language model (LLM) inference to automate high-volume citation screening within<br>structured evidence synthesis workflows. Its plugin architecture exposes seven interoperable<br>modules covering citation extraction, reference resolution, eligibility<br>criteria structuring, heuristic-based filtering, and LLM-based full-record eligibility<br>adjudication. Each screening decision is logged within a timestamped, SHA-256-<br>verified bundle archive that satisfies the audit and reproducibility requirements<br>expected in rigorous evidence synthesis methodology. In a demonstration use case<br>comprising 776 candidate records, the pipeline reduced the corpus to 73 records requiring<br>full human review — a 90.6% reduction — with deterministic pre-filtering<br>accounting for 98.3% of exclusions and LLM-assisted stages providing fine-grained<br>adjudication over the residual candidate set. Complete decision traceability was<br>preserved across all stages. metaScreener is released under the MIT licence and is<br>publicly available at <a href="https://github.com/lars-ulaval/metaScreener">https://github.com/lars-ulaval/metaScreener.</a></p>
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spellingShingle metaScreener: A Plugin-Based Desktop Application for Human-in-the-Loop Systematic Literature Screening
Reyes-Consuelo, Alejandro
Kiss, Jocelyne
Voisin, Julien
<p>metaScreener is an open-source, cross-platform desktop application implemented in<br>Python/Tkinter that delivers a sequential, multi-stage pipeline for systematic literature<br>screening. The software integrates deterministic rule-based filters with large<br>language model (LLM) inference to automate high-volume citation screening within<br>structured evidence synthesis workflows. Its plugin architecture exposes seven interoperable<br>modules covering citation extraction, reference resolution, eligibility<br>criteria structuring, heuristic-based filtering, and LLM-based full-record eligibility<br>adjudication. Each screening decision is logged within a timestamped, SHA-256-<br>verified bundle archive that satisfies the audit and reproducibility requirements<br>expected in rigorous evidence synthesis methodology. In a demonstration use case<br>comprising 776 candidate records, the pipeline reduced the corpus to 73 records requiring<br>full human review — a 90.6% reduction — with deterministic pre-filtering<br>accounting for 98.3% of exclusions and LLM-assisted stages providing fine-grained<br>adjudication over the residual candidate set. Complete decision traceability was<br>preserved across all stages. metaScreener is released under the MIT licence and is<br>publicly available at <a href="https://github.com/lars-ulaval/metaScreener">https://github.com/lars-ulaval/metaScreener.</a></p>
title metaScreener: A Plugin-Based Desktop Application for Human-in-the-Loop Systematic Literature Screening
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20126814