Citation

How to Cite Puraite

If you used Puraite in a systematic review or other publication, please cite it as software.

Reference list

Use the style your journal requires. The access date is the date you used Puraite; replace today’s date if needed.

Vancouver

ICMJE / NLM; the default in most biomedical journals

Puraite [Internet]. Bielefeld (Germany): Puraite GmbH; [year] [cited [access date]]. Available from: https://puraite.com

AMA (11th edition)

JAMA Network and many clinical journals

Puraite. Puraite GmbH; [year]. Accessed [access date]. https://puraite.com

APA (7th edition)

Nursing, psychology, public health and health services research

Puraite GmbH. ([year]). Puraite [Computer software]. https://puraite.com

Harvard

Common at UK and Australian institutions

Puraite GmbH ([year]) Puraite [Computer software]. Available at: https://puraite.com (Accessed: [access date]).

Reference managers and LaTeX

Import the RIS file into EndNote, Zotero or Mendeley. LaTeX users can copy the BibLaTeX entry or download it as a .bib file.

BibLaTeX

@software{puraite,
  author       = {{Puraite GmbH}},
  title        = {Puraite},
  date         = {[year]},
  organization = {Puraite GmbH},
  location     = {Bielefeld, Germany},
  url          = {https://puraite.com},
  urldate      = {[YYYY-MM-DD]},
}

In the methods section

Medical journals usually expect software to be named in the methods with its developer and location, in addition to the reference. Adapt this example:

Screening [and data extraction] was supported by Puraite (Puraite GmbH, Bielefeld, Germany; https://puraite.com), an AI-supported evidence synthesis platform [ref]. All AI suggestions were reviewed by [n] human reviewers, who made the final decisions.

What to report

PRISMA 2020 (items 8 and 9) asks authors to describe any automation tools used for study selection and data collection. Report:

  • which review stages used Puraite, such as title and abstract screening, full-text screening, data extraction or risk-of-bias assessment
  • how AI suggestions were used, for example as a second reviewer or for prioritising records, and how humans checked them
  • how disagreements between AI suggestions and reviewers were resolved
  • the period in which you used Puraite

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