How is PICO Portal Individual different from Keenious?
ComparisonRecommendations from a draft are not a protocol search, and they are not a screen.
What does Keenious do that PICO Portal Individual does not?
Paste a paragraph from a draft and get papers that sit next to it.
Keenious recommends papers from text you paste, often through a university license. Open Keenious.
How do they compare on search, answer, and screen?
| PICO Portal Individual | Keenious | |
|---|---|---|
| Access | 14-day free trial. No department contract. | Often a university license. |
| Search | 470 million articles from OpenAlex, ORCID and PubMed. | Text in, papers out. |
| Answer | Plain language. Each claim links to a source you can open. | None. |
| Screen | Named reviewer, time, rationale, and the source passage. | None. |
Who should use which?
PICO Portal Individual — A question, criteria, and a record of what you kept.
Keenious — Finding papers related to text you already wrote.
Can I use PICO Portal Individual and Keenious in the same review?
Yes. Keep Keenious for Text in, papers out. Put the include or exclude in PICO Portal Individual. The record shows the named reviewer, the time, the rationale, and the source passage.
Do I name Keenious in the methods?
Yes, if you searched there. Also name PICO Portal Individual if the decision sits there. A reader must be able to open the same record.
Can a student start without a university license?
Yes. PICO Portal Individual starts with a 14-day free trial and does not need a department contract. Keenious: Often a university license.
What do I lose if I leave Keenious?
Paste a paragraph from a draft and get papers that sit next to it.
Does either tool write the review?
No. Keenious returns None. PICO Portal Individual returns a cited answer. You write the sentence.
Where is the decision record?
On the PICO Portal Individual record: named reviewer, timestamp, rationale, source passage. Keenious: None.
Can I upload a file from Keenious?
Yes, if it is a citation file. You then see that file in the same queue as the OpenAlex results.
Which tool do I open first?
Open Keenious if you already have a list. Open PICO Portal Individual if you have a question and no file.
Is the answer a substitute for the paper?
No. Open the citation. The passage is on the record so a second person can check the claim.
What can a supervisor check?
The question, the search, each include or exclude, and the passage. You see the queue, the conflicts, and the agreement while the stage is still open.