Rayyan AI
Systematic review platform with AI-assisted screening, deduplication, data extraction and PRISMA reporting.
Rayyan AI is a web platform for systematic and literature reviews. Rayyan AI imports references, finds duplicates, supports team screening of abstracts and full texts with AI relevance ratings, and handles data extraction, risk-of-bias assessment and PRISMA diagrams. Researchers use it in a browser or the mobile app, starting on a free tier.
Best for Research teams and students carrying out systematic reviews who need shared, auditable screening with AI help in prioritising records.
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- Web, API
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Free plan
- Yes
- API
- Yes
- Made by
- Rayyan Systems, Inc.
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What is Rayyan AI?
Rayyan AI is a web platform for conducting systematic and literature reviews. It covers the workflow from importing references in formats such as RIS, BibTeX, CSV and PDF, through duplicate detection, title and abstract screening, full-text screening, data extraction and risk-of-bias assessment, to exporting results and generating a PRISMA flow diagram. Review teams can invite collaborators, assign roles, blind decisions and split work into randomised samples. AI features include relevance ratings that help prioritise which records to screen, PICO highlighting and extraction, and a set of tools named ResearchPilot with an AI reviewer, analyzer and automatic data extraction. A mobile app allows screening away from the desk, including offline. The pricing page lists a free tier and paid tiers for individuals and institutions, with API access and SSO at the top level. The company is Rayyan Systems, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Key Features
Reference Import
Loads citation files such as RIS, BibTeX, EndNote, CSV and PDF into a single review library.
Duplicate Handling
Detects likely duplicate records and, on paid tiers, resolves them automatically according to your protocol.
AI Relevance Ratings
Predicts how relevant each record is so reviewers can screen the most promising studies first.
Collaborative Screening
Supports include, maybe and exclude decisions with labels, exclusion reasons, notes and blinding between reviewers.
Data Extraction and Risk of Bias
Captures structured fields from included studies and records bias assessments inside the same review.
PRISMA Reporting
Exports results and produces a PRISMA flow diagram for the write-up.
How Rayyan AI works
Import and organise
Upload reference files and combine sources into one library.
Invite and deduplicate
Add collaborators with roles, then detect and merge duplicate records.
Screen
Review titles and abstracts, then full texts, applying inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Extract and assess
Capture study data in defined fields and record risk-of-bias evaluations.
Report
Export the results and generate the PRISMA flow diagram.
Use Cases
- Medical Systematic Reviews
- Screen thousands of abstracts with two blinded reviewers and resolve conflicts.
- Thesis Literature Reviews
- Organise and deduplicate search results from several databases for a dissertation.
- Health Economics Evidence
- Run evidence synthesis for HEOR submissions with an audit trail.
- Distributed Review Teams
- Split a large reference set into random samples and assign them to team members.
- Screening on the Move
- Make inclusion decisions from a phone during commutes, even without a connection.
Things to know
- Free tier limits
- The free tier covers three active reviews, two invited reviewers and one sample, with limited mobile access.
- Some AI tools are tier-specific
- ResearchPilot features are listed under the institutional tiers, and AI-based PICO extraction under Advanced.
- API and SSO are institutional
- API integration and SSO/SAML appear only in the highest tier.
FAQs
What is Rayyan AI?
Rayyan AI is an online platform for systematic reviews and literature reviews, with AI assistance for screening, deduplication and data extraction.
What is Rayyan AI used for?
Rayyan AI is used to import references, remove duplicates, screen titles, abstracts and full texts, extract data, assess risk of bias and report the review.
Is Rayyan AI free?
Rayyan AI has a free tier, described as free forever for basic use, that allows three active reviews and two invited reviewers. Paid tiers add more reviews and features.
How much does Rayyan AI cost?
Rayyan AI lists Free, Essential, Advanced, Business/Academic and Institutional Ownership tiers with quarterly or annual billing. See the official pricing page for current rates.
Does Rayyan AI have an API?
Rayyan AI lists API integration among the features of its top institutional tier.
Does Rayyan AI work on mobile?
Yes. Rayyan AI has a mobile app for screening studies, which the site says can also be used offline. The free tier has limited mobile access.
Which file types can Rayyan AI import?
Rayyan AI's pricing page lists PDF, RIS, BibTeX (.bib), EndNote (.enw), CSV, TXT, XML, .nbib and .ciw as import formats.
Who makes Rayyan AI?
Rayyan AI is developed by Rayyan Systems, Inc., based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Who it's for
- Academic researchers
- Librarians
- Biopharma and HEOR teams
- Graduate students
- Research institutions
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