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The document outlines the user requirements for developing a software application aimed at streamlining the gathering and summarization of medication-related information from various reliable sources. Key features include intelligent search, prompt-based queries, relevance ranking, and automatic summarization, with a focus on customization and interactive review options. The application will leverage Natural Language Processing and APIs like OpenAlex to efficiently process large volumes of data while providing insights from top research papers.

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Open Alex

The document outlines the user requirements for developing a software application aimed at streamlining the gathering and summarization of medication-related information from various reliable sources. Key features include intelligent search, prompt-based queries, relevance ranking, and automatic summarization, with a focus on customization and interactive review options. The application will leverage Natural Language Processing and APIs like OpenAlex to efficiently process large volumes of data while providing insights from top research papers.

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User Requirements for Software Application Development

1. Objective:
Build a software application to streamline the process of gathering, analyzing, and
summarizing medication-related information from various reliable online sources,
reducing the manual effort for content writers and editors.
2. Key Features:
o Intelligent Search: The application should use advanced search algorithms or
AI to locate relevant information from:
 Clinical research journals
 Publications
 Medical association recommendations
 Peer-reviewed articles
 WHO recommendations
 Other globally recognized clinical sources
o Prompt-Based Query: Users should be able to input keywords, statements,
or prompts to initiate the search.
o Relevance Ranking: The system should filter and present the top best-
matching references (e.g., research articles, guidelines).
o Summarization: Automatically summarize the collected information into a
concise, readable format.
3. User Controls:
o Customization Options:
 Include/exclude specific datasets (e.g., latest data only, exclude data
from specific countries/regions).
 Allow manual adjustments to the summarized information by clinical
reviewers.
o Interactive Review:
 Enable proofreaders to refine the summarized output.
 Provide flexibility to add or exclude specific findings, references, or
recommendations.
4. Technology Requirements:
o Incorporate Natural Language Processing (NLP) for intelligent search and
summarization.
o Use APIs (like OpenAlex or other research data platforms) for accessing vast
datasets.
o Build a scalable system capable of processing large volumes of data
efficiently.
5. Outcome:
The application should significantly reduce the time spent on manual search and
summary preparation, empowering the clinical team to focus on proofreading and
refining the final content.
6. Future Scalability:
Design the system to accommodate additional data sources and adapt to evolving
user needs, such as integrating with other healthcare platforms.
I am planning to build an application tool which can help me to analyse the large scientific
research documents to provide insights from top 5 papers based on its relevance criteria
and summarize from respective publication documents. I have taken Free API's from
openalex.

Your application idea sounds like a powerful tool for researchers and professionals needing
rapid insights from extensive scientific literature. Using OpenAlex's APIs will provide a rich
source of metadata and connections between research papers, which can be instrumental
in ranking papers by relevance.

1. Data Collection and Filtering:


o Use OpenAlex’s API to fetch research papers based on specific search criteria
(keywords, authors, journals, etc.).
o Apply filters like publication date, citation count, and journal impact factor to
narrow down the top 5 papers most relevant to the search criteria.
2. Relevance Analysis:
o Implement a relevance-scoring algorithm using keywords or specific themes,
allowing the tool to assess each paper's content relevance.
o You might also consider sentiment analysis or topic modeling techniques to
further evaluate each paper's focus.
3. Summarization and Insights Extraction:
o Use Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to generate concise
summaries for each of the top 5 papers. Tools like abstractive summarization
models (BERT, T5) can help produce high-quality summaries.
o Extract key insights, such as the research objectives, findings, methodologies,
and any notable conclusions, to provide a quick understanding of each paper.
4. User Interface (UI):
o Design a dashboard to display the top 5 papers, with options to view detailed
summaries and key insights.
o Include visual analytics for citation trends or co-authorship networks to give
additional context on each paper’s impact and relevance.
5. Automation & Updates:
o Schedule regular updates to pull new, relevant publications or update
relevance scores, ensuring users always access the latest research.
Building an application like SciSpace or Elicit requires tools and models that focus on
document retrieval, summarization, NLP-based content understanding, and user-friendly
interface design. Here’s a list of essential tools, algorithms, and models that will be useful:

1. Document Retrieval and Relevance Ranking

 OpenAlex API: This is a perfect tool for sourcing scholarly articles and related
metadata.
 ElasticSearch: For a fast, scalable search engine that supports full-text search,
relevance scoring, and faceting for filtering results.
 BM25 Algorithm: A popular ranking function that scores documents based on
relevance to a query, suitable for the initial ranking of articles.
 Embedding-Based Semantic Search: Use sentence transformers like SBERT to
generate embeddings and apply cosine similarity for more accurate, meaning-based
ranking.

2. Natural Language Processing for Summarization

 Abstractive Summarization Models: Models like T5, BART, or GPT can help generate
concise, readable summaries by rephrasing content.
 Extractive Summarization Models: Models like LexRank or Sumy work by identifying
the most relevant sentences, suitable for quick summary overviews.
 Fine-Tuning for Research Summarization: Consider fine-tuning models on a scientific
text corpus, as scientific language often has specific structures and jargon.

3. Insight Extraction and Question Answering

 Question Answering Models: Use models like RoBERTa or DeBERTa fine-tuned on


QA tasks to allow users to ask specific questions about a paper’s content.
 Information Extraction: Leverage Named Entity Recognition (NER) models to pull out
structured insights (e.g., study methods, results) from papers.
 Topic Modeling: LDA (Latent Dirichlet Allocation) or transformer-based topic models
can help identify the main themes and keywords in each document.

4. Data Visualization Tools

 D3.js or Plotly: For interactive graphs and visualizations, such as citation networks,
topic distributions, or co-authorship graphs.
 Network Analysis Tools: Libraries like NetworkX (Python) or Gephi can be used to
create citation maps or visual representations of research connections.

5. User Interface and Experience

 React.js / Vue.js: For a dynamic, responsive web interface that allows users to
interact with summaries, insights, and search results.
 Backend Framework: Flask or Django for the API, or Node.js if you prefer a
JavaScript stack.
 User Authentication and Role Management: Tools like Auth0 for secure login,
especially if you want features tailored to specific user types (e.g., researchers vs.
general users).

6. Machine Learning Pipelines

 Hugging Face Transformers: Provides pre-trained models for summarization,


question answering, and entity recognition, with tools to fine-tune models as
needed.
 Spacy and NLTK: Useful for additional NLP tasks, such as tokenization, named entity
recognition, and basic text processing.
 Model Serving: Tools like TensorFlow Serving or ONNX for deploying models at scale.

7. Additional Tools for Collaboration and Development

 Jupyter Notebooks / Colab: For experimentation and iterative model testing.


 Docker: For containerizing the application, making it easier to deploy and scale
across different environments.
 Version Control: GitHub or GitLab, especially if the project involves collaboration
among multiple developers.

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