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ceilbeck edited this page Aug 24, 2023 · 11 revisions

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The program makes heavy use of the pdfplumber package. No doubt it could be improved by using more recent features of this package.

One use of the Python program listed here is discussed in the following paper:

Data mining versus manual screening to select papers for inclusion in systematic reviews: a novel method to increase efficiency

Ierardi, Elena; Eilbeck, J. Chris; van Wijck, Frederike; Ali, Myzoon; Coupar, Fiona. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research :46(3):p 284-292, September 2023

https://journals.lww.com/intjrehabilres/fulltext/2023/09000/data_mining_versus_manual_screening_to_select.12.aspx

For those new to running Python code in Windows, the following notes may be helpful: https://github.com/ceilbeck/key_wd_PDF_search/blob/main/Run_Python_Prog_in_Windows.pdf.

The code itself is discussed briefly in https://github.com/ceilbeck/key_wd_PDF_search/blob/main/Python_notes.

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