Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach

Munn, Zachary; D.J. Peters, Micah; Stern, Cindy; Tufănaru, Cătălin; McArthur, Alexa; Aromataris, Edoardo

doi:10.1186/s12874-018-0611-x

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Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach

Published in BMC Medical Research Methodology • Nov 19, 2018

Authors:

Zachary Munn

Micah D.J. Peters

Cindy Stern

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Scoping reviews are a relatively new approach to evidence synthesis and currently there exists little guidance regarding the decision to choose between a systematic review or scoping review approach when synthesising evidence. The purpose of this article is to clearly describe the differ...

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Systematic review

Scope (computer science)

Management science

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