colrev prescreenΒΆ

In the colrev prescreen operation, the records transition from md_processed to rev_prescreen_included or rev_prescreen_excluded. The order of prescreening is defined in the settings file. Typically, automated prescreening packages are applied first, followed by manual prescreening.

The prescreen can be split among multiple authors (using colrev prescreen --split n). Each author can independently screen the selection of records on a separate git branch. The reconciliation of partially overlapping independent prescreens (in separate git branches) is supported by colrev merge.

In addition to the different prescreening options, it is also possible to deactivate the prescreen for the current iteration (using colrev prescreen --include_all) or in general (using colrev prescreen --include_all_always).

colrev prescreen supports interactive prescreening:

colrev prescreen [options]

# Include all papers (do not implement a formal prescreen)
colrev prescreen --include_all

# Splits the prescreen between n researchers. Simply share the output with the researchers and ask them to run the commands in their local CoLRev project.
colrev prescreen --create_split INT

# Complete the prescreen for the specified split.
colrev prescreen --split STR

The following options for prescreen are available:

Identifier

Prescreen packages

Status

colrev.colrev_cli_prescreen

Prescreen (CLI) (instructions)

MATURING

colrev.conditional_prescreen

Conditional Prescreen (instructions)

MATURING

colrev.genai

GenAI (instructions)

EXPERIMENTAL

colrev.prescreen_table

Prescreen Table (instructions)

MATURING

colrev.scope_prescreen

Scope-based Prescreen (instructions)

MATURING