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Full-text Screening

Full-text screening works similarly to abstract screening, but reviewers are expected to have read the complete paper before making a decision.

Creating a Full-text Screening Session

From Full-text ScreeningNew Session. The configuration options are identical to abstract screening (see Abstract Screening).

Which Citations Appear

By default, full-text screening shows citations that received a Yes label in abstract screening. Citations excluded at abstract stage do not appear.

Uploading Full-text PDFs

VADRR does not host PDFs directly, but screeners can open a citation's DOI or PubMed link from within the screening interface to access the full text externally.

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If your institution has a PDF management system, provide screeners a direct download link in the citation notes field.

Workflow After Full-text Screening

Citations labelled Yes in full-text screening are considered included studies. They become available for data extraction via the Extractions section.