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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Public Health. 2022 Dec 21;44:1–20. doi: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-071521-120424

Table 1.

Types of information products produced by the automated evidence synthesis

Type Purpose Question
Location map Shows the spatial extent and concentration of the research Do research study areas include all impacted populations or varieties of the coronavirus?
Temporal animation Shows patterns of publication across space and time Does research represent all waves of COVID-19?
Map with filters Allows the user to filter based on pollutant, number of citations, or statistical method Has a statistical method been used broadly?
Standalone Web application Is intended for general users (nonresearchers). Shows the same information as other products but in a more user-friendly way Are the scale and scope of the research understandable to the general public?