1. Rayyan: Exploring and Filtering Searches for Eligible Studies for Cochrane Reviews rayyan.qcri.org
Ahmed Elmagarmid Zbys Fedorowicz* Hossam Hammady Ihab Ilyas Madian Khabsa Mourad Ouzzani
Al-Rayyan is the largest municipality in the state of Qatar.
Al Rayyan means 'the source of irrigation' and as per Islam it also means 'a door in heaven' or 'one of the Gates of Paradise' .
Rayyan’s goal is to help systematic review authors produce high quality reviews in a quick, easy, and intuitive fashion.
Authors create reviews, analyze them, collaborate on them, maintain them over time, and get suggestions for article inclusion & exclusion.
*In collaboration with

2. Rayyan’s Goal
Help systematic review authors produce high quality reviews in a quick, easy, and intuitive fashion. Authors create reviews, analyze them, collaborate on them, maintain them over time, and get suggestions for article inclusion & exclusion.

3. Rayyan’s Key Features Web accessible Support different upload formats
Fully cloud-based and secure
No need to store anything locally
Support different upload formats
RefMan, BibTeX, EndNote, …, Text or MS Word
Multi-facet navigation and filtering
Rayyan extracts and computes facets, e.g., authors, MeSH
Authors filter on facets, user-labels, and search keywords
Similarity graph navigation
Similar entries are clustered
Fully tunable similarity thresholds
Embedded prediction of Exclude/Include
Authors label few examples
Rayyan learns and presents predictions through a 5-star rating system
Collaboration
Invite collaborators, viewers, or translators
Actions by collaborators are trackable including Exc/Inc conflicts
So why use Rayyan!?
FREE, secure and large-scale
Designed & developed by & for Cochrane authors
No (re-)learning curve
Predictions for INCLUDE/EXCLUDE

4. Beta-testing Tested for reliability & reproducibility on
12 Cochrane Reviews (COHG/Skins/UGPD)
Searches ranging from 101 to 5.4k references
Both new Reviews & updates
Users/testers :
Cochrane Review Authors, TSCs, Co-Eds/Information Specialists
COHG = Cochrane Oral Health Group
SKINS = Cochrane Skins Group
UGPD = Cochrane Upper Gastrointestinal & Pancreatic Diseases Group
TSCs = Trials Search Coordinators
Co Eds = Co Editors

5. A typical use case Authors UPLOAD searches
NAVIGATE searches electronically via `word cloud’
Record, LABEL and SHARE ‘selection’ of studies
Receive prompts thru the PREDICTION feature
Invite co-authors, TRANSLATORS to collaborate
FINALISE included and potentially included studies
Store as meta-data

6. My dashboard

7. NAVIGATE …ABSTRACT VISIBLE See also INCLUDE UNDECIDE EXCLUDE AND OPTION TO CREATE LABEL

8. FILTER ‘ INCLUDED’ STUDIES NB STAR RATING PREDICTION FEATURE

9. WORD CLOUD FILTER SELECTED
154 OUT OF 209

10. PULL DOWN MENU “ EXCLUDE” SELECT PRESPECIFIED LABEL OR CREATE NEW

11. CREATE LABEL IN THIS CASE ‘ EXCLUDED’ BECAUSE CITATION REFERS TO EARLIER VERSION OF THIS COCHRANE REVIEW

12. REVIEW ON HALITOSIS WORD CLOUD IDENTIFIES ‘ MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS’
USE WORD CLOUD TO FILTER 8/188 ENTRIES
LABEL STUDIES AS ‘ IRRELEVANT TO REVIEW’ >>> EXCLUDED

13. SEARCH BOX FREE TEXT / TITLE AUTHOR

14. Rayyan is YOURS use it! rayyan.qcri.org
See you at the breaks for a live demo!
So what’s next for Rayyan?
Enhanced and New Features
More Analytics
Enhanced prediction
Enhanced support for updates
Integration with Cochrane (RevMan) …
But more importantly …
We want to hear from you!