Select several references at once and apply a decision, label, or exclusion reason to all of them in one step, in Screening and Full text screening.
Before you begin Anyone who can screen can apply bulk decisions, labels, and exclusion reasons. Attaching PDFs and removing references in bulk is available to the review Owner, Review Admins, and Collaborators. How many references you can select at once depends on the review owner's plan.
How to select references
- One at a time: check the box next to each reference.
- All at once: check Select all, at the top left of the list, to select every reference in your current filtered view.
Apply bulk screening decisions
- Select the references.
- In the decision bar at the bottom, click Include, Maybe, or Exclude. When you exclude, you can add an exclusion reason at the same time.
Apply bulk labels and exclusion reasons
- Select the references.
- Click Label to add one or more labels, or Reason to add an exclusion reason.
- Click Apply.
This is especially useful in thematic analysis, for example to add a theme label to every reference that contains a term. See Using Rayyan for Thematic Analysis.
Attach PDFs in bulk
In Full text screening, select the references and click Attach PDF in the toolbar. For the full steps, including Auto match, see How to Add and Manage Full-Text PDFs in Rayyan.
Remove references in bulk
- In Full text screening, select the references you want to remove. On paid plans, you can also check Select all to remove every reference in your current view. On the Free plan, you can select up to 10 at a time.
- Click Remove articles in the toolbar.
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