2,000 records screened in 38.5 seconds
From Search to Screening to Synthesis, Abstractus does it all.
Screens titles, abstracts, and PDFs. Finds more relevant papers than one human reviewer.
Abstract screening recall
95%
Abstractus
87%
Human reviewer
18 public reviews · 56,384 abstracts
Full-text screening recall
100%
Abstractus (median)
11 public datasets · 3,338 papers
fewer abstracts
screenings done in the time a researcher does one
Time to screen a review
Recall is the share of the relevant papers that a screen keeps. Human comparison: Gartlehner et al., 2020 (single reviewers missed 13%). Abstract screening figures are the medians across 18 public SYNERGY reviews. Full-text screening methods and per-study results are on the full-text screening benchmark post.
From your research question to a shared review, with the evidence behind every decision.
Set your research question and inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Build database-specific search strings with Search Assist, or use Discovery to search papers, patents and trademarks in one place.
RIS, NBIB, or CSV. Duplicates removed before screening.
Include or exclude on each paper, with a reason.
Upload the PDFs that passed.
A data table and a report, every value linked to its quote.
Share by email and discuss in the Run log. Export decisions, reasons, and PRISMA counts.
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Benchmarks, methodology, and notes on evidence synthesis. Our numbers are written up so you can check them.
10 September 2026
On 3,338 retrievable full texts from 11 public systematic reviews, our full-text screening reaches a median recall of 100% and a median specificity of 97%.
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13 August 2026
Screening is the biggest part of a review, but it is not the only part. Recent updates: Search Assist, deduplication, and collaboration next.
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25 July 2026
We are starting a blog about systematic reviews, evidence synthesis, and the software we are building to make screening faster.
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