Catchii vs RobotReviewer

Catchii is a web tool for screening large scientific-literature datasets in systematic reviews. It covers duplicate detection, title-and-abstract screening, full-text analysis, disagreement resolution, data extraction and PRISMA flowchart generation. References can be imported from PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, OVID databases, CSV files and reference-management software. The duplicate detector identifies records with highly similar titles or abstracts for review. Multiple reviewers can be assigned roles such as reviewer, conflict-resolution reviewer or manager, and screening works offline on computers, tablets and smartphones. Customizable grouped, color-coded keywords mark inclusion, exclusion or topic terms. The Auto Reviewer uses AI to assist first-phase decisions with inclusion or exclusion explanations; uploaded records are sent to OpenAI for processing. Exports work with EndNote, Zotero or Mendeley and can include PDFs and a PRISMA flowchart. Catchii has a free plan with no subscription fees, trial periods, paid upgrades or advertisements.

RobotReviewer analyzes clinical trial reports by annotating PDFs with PICO characteristics and likely bias assessments using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool. Uploading PDFs on the website extracts key data and presents a summary table. Its REST API can process groups of clinical trial reports to synthesize results across trials. The project is open source under GNU GPL version 3.0 and is free to use. It can run locally as Docker services, with a web app and API server exposed on local ports. The self-hosted processing setup uses Grobid, RabbitMQ, Celery, and SciBERT through bert-as-a-service. Docker instructions cover GPU use, and the worker can also run CPU-only. Manual setup calls for Python 3.6, TensorFlow 1.12.0, and the associated processing services. Installation is documented as tested on Ubuntu and Mac OS; Windows works with substantial installation difficulty. Maintainers ask users to cite the 2017 ACL paper and invite questions by email, including requests for help integrating RobotReviewer into other software.