Building Paper Screening Rubrics

Overview

Core principle: Build screening rubrics collaboratively through brainstorming → test → refine → automate → review → iterate.

Good rubrics come from understanding edge cases upfront and testing on real papers before bulk screening.

When to Use

Use this skill when:

• Starting a new literature search that will screen 50+ papers
• Current rubric misclassifies papers (false positives/negatives)
• Need to define "relevance" criteria before automated screening
• Want to update criteria and re-screen cached papers
• Building helper scripts for evaluating-paper-relevance