Systematic Review Python Packages

zotero-command-line

Manage your Zotero library from the command line: scripting, automation and LLM workflows.

pubmed-search-mcp

MCP SDK v2 server for PubMed and multi-source biomedical research, with resilient search, full text, citations, and tenant-safe deployment.

scholarmend

Fills in the real venue, year, and track for Google Scholar RIS exports, which often come back truncated.

radiowriter

Search PubMed, screen the results and write a Radiopaedia article from them. Journal quartiles from SCImago and open access from Unpaywall. Unofficial.

search-query

Search Query: A Python package designed to load, lint, translate, save, improve, and automate academic literature search queries.

citevahti

Run unit tests on your manuscript. Check every manuscript claim against its cited evidence. Human-first, AI-second, Zotero-audited, local-first.

litsurvey

Literature surveys with an LLM: cited state-of-the-art reports, prior-art checks, citation graphs, BibTeX export. OpenAlex + Semantic Scholar + arXiv + preprint portals. Zero dependencies.

pubmlp

pubmlp: Multimodal publication classifier with LLM and deep learning (Python package version 0.6.0)

colrev

The open-source environment for collaborative reviews

findpapers

Findpapers: A tool for helping researchers who are looking for related works

scienceai-llm

An open-source agentic harness for scientific literature analysis. Coordinates frontier models to extract data, replicate findings, and perform systematic reviews with full provenance tracking.

living-review-updater

Keep a systematic review up to date: rank/flag newly-found studies using your own prior screening decisions. Ranks for human review, never auto-excludes.

deduplicate-it

Simple online deduplication of literature search results using DOI and title

extralit-server

Fast and accurate systematic literature data extraction with LLM assistance

bibmeded

Open-source bibliometric analysis platform for medical education research. Search PubMed & OpenAlex, analyze trends, visualize networks, export PRISMA-compliant methodology logs.

sievesafe

Zero-shot title/abstract screening for systematic reviews that auto-excludes only below a pre-specified threshold

reproweave

Local-first evidence maps and replication triage for engineering and AI papers.

critiplot

Critiplot: A Python Package for Visualizing Risk-of-Bias Data in Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

vahtian

Citation-true research synthesis with Zotero, PubMed intake, provenance tracking, and blinded human–AI dual-rating records.

paperfetcher

Pip-installable Python package to automate handsearching and citation searching for systematic reviews.

metascreener-lars-ulaval

metaScreener — a plugin-based desktop application for human-in-the-loop systematic literature screening. Combines deterministic heuristic filters with LLM inference in a sequential, auditable pipeline. SHA-256 verified bundles for full reproducibility. MIT licensed.

metascreener

AI-powered tool for efficient abstract and PDF screening in systematic reviews.

prisma-flowchart

Produce PRISMA-2020 compliant flow diagrams