Systematic & scoping reviews

Business and Law

An introduction to the what, why, and how of systematic reviewing. A presentation by Dr. Caroline Knight & Dr. Daniela Andrei - Centre for Transformative Work Design, Future of work Institute, Curtin University. 24th June 2021. [PDF, 1.41MB]

Examples of systematic reviews in the fields of business and law:

• Adams, R. J., Smart, P., & Huff, A. S. (2017). Shades of grey: Guidelines for working with the grey literature in systematic reviews for management and organizational studies. International Journal of Management Reviews, 19 (4), 432-454. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ijmr.12102

• Clark, W. R., Clark, L. A., Rafo, D. M., & Williams Jr, R. I. (2021). Extending Fisch and Block’s (2018) tips for a systematic review in management and business literature. Management Review Quarterly, 71, 215–231. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-020-00184-8

• Fisch, C. & Block, J. (2018). Six tips for your (systematic) literature review in business and management research. Management Review Quarterly, 68, 103–106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11301-018-0142-x

Humanities

Examples of systematic reviews in the field of humanities:

• Campbell, A., Taylor, B., Bates, J., & O’Connor-Bones, U. (2018). Developing and applying a protocol for a systematic review in the social sciences. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 24 (1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2017.1281827

• Dacombe, R. (2018). Systematic reviews in political science: What can the approach contribute to political research? Political Studies Review, 16 (2), 148–157. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478929916680641

• Evans, J., & Benefield, P. (2001). Systematic reviews of educational research: Does the medical model fit? British Educational Research Journal, 27 (5), 527-541. https://doi.org/10.1080/01411920120095717

• Konnerup, M., & Kongsted, H. C. (2012). Do Cochrane reviews provide a good model for social science? The role of observational studies in systematic reviews. Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 8(1), 79-96. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426412X620146

• Papaioannou, D., Sutton, A., Carroll, C., Booth, A. & Wong, R. (2010). Literature searching for social science systematic reviews: Consideration of a range of search techniques. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 27, 114-122. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00863.x

• Polanin, J. R., Maynard, B. R., & Dell, N. A. (2017). Overviews in education research: A systematic review and analysis. Review of Educational Research, 87 (1), 172–203. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654316631117

• Shim, Y., Jebb, A. T., Tay, L., & Pawelski, J. O. (2021). Arts and humanities interventions for flourishing in healthy adults: A mixed studies systematic review. Review of General Psychology, 25 (3), 258–282. https://doi.org/10.1177/10892680211021350

• Waddington, H., White, H., Snilstveit, B., Hombrados, J. G., Vojtkova, M., Davies, P., Bhavsar, A., Eyers, J., Koehlmoos, T. P., Petticrew, M., Valentine, J. C., & Tugwell, P. (2012). How to do a good systematic review of effects in international development: a tool kit. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 4 (3), 359-387. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19439342.2012.711765

Science and Engineering

Buckley, L., Greenwood, A., Gregory, D., Le Clerc, J. & Stephens, J. (2021). STEM Systematic Reviews: What do you mean? Deakin University Library. Australasian STEM/Engineering Librarians Virtual Workshop 24th June 2021 [PDF, 3.03MB]

Examples of systematic reviews in the fields of science and engineering:

• Bilotta, G. S., Milner, A. M., & Boyd, I. (2014). On the use of systematic reviews to inform environmental policies. Environmental Science & Policy, 42, 67-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2014.05.010

• Borrego, M., Foster, M. J., & Froyd, J. E. (2014). Systematic literature reviews in engineering education and other developing interdisciplinary fields. Journal of Engineering Education, 103 (1), 45-76. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jee.20038

• Budgen, D., Brereton, P., Drummond, S., & Williams, N. (2018). Reporting systematic reviews: Some lessons from a tertiary study. Information and Software Technology, 95, 62-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2017.10.017

• Haddaway, N.R., Macura, B., Whaley, P., & Pullin, A. S. (2018). ROSES RepOrting standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses: pro forma, flow-diagram and descriptive summary of the plan and conduct of environmental systematic reviews and systematic maps. Environmental Evidence 7 (1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-018-0121-7

• Henry, A., & Stieglitz, L. (2020). An examination of systematic reviews in the engineering literature. ASEE Virtual Annual Conference 2020. https://monolith.asee.org/public/conferences/172/papers/30408/view

• Kitchenham, B., & Brereton, P. (2013). A systematic review of systematic review process research in software engineering. Information and Software Technology, 55 (12), 2049-2075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2013.07.010

• Pullin, A. S., & Stewart, G. B. (2006). Guidelines for systematic review in conservation and environmental management. Conservation Biology, 20 (6), 1647-1656. https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00485.x

• Staples, M., & Niazi, M. (2007). Experiences using systematic review guidelines. The Journal of Systems and Software, 80 (9), 1425-1437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2006.09.046