This guide has been created to assist with Systematic Reviews.  It is based on the work of Margaret Foster An overview article from the office of the systematic review consultant and her steps of her Pieces process, as described in her book Assembling the Pieces of Systematic Review: A Guide for Librarians. If you would like any additions to this page please contact the library.

There are many types of reviews and here we provide a descriptive insight into the most common types of reviews

Critical review

• Al-Jundi, A., & Sakka, S. (2017). Critical appraisal of clinical research. Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 11(5), JE01–JE05. doi:10.7860/JCDR/2017/26047.9942

Literature review

• Pautasso M (2013) Ten simple rules for writing a literature review. PLoS Comput Biol 9(7): e1003149. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003149

Meta-analysis

• Haidich, A B. “Meta-analysis in medical research.” Hippokratia vol. 14,Suppl 1 (2010): 29-37.
• Shorten A, Shorten What is meta-analysis?Evidence-Based Nursing 2013;16:3-4.
• JBI reviewers manual  - Meta analysis

Mixed studies review/mixed methods review

• Methodology for JBI Mixed Methods Systematic Reviews
• Combining the power of stories and the power of numbers: mixed methods research and mixed studies reviews Annual Review of Public Health Vol. 35:29-45
• Systematic mixed studies reviews: Updating results on the reliability and efficiency of the mixed methods appraisal tool International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2015-01-01, Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 500-501

Systematic review

• Aromataris E, Pearson A. The systematic review: an overview. AJN. Am J Nurs. 2014;114(3):53–58.
• Munn, Zachary , Stern, Cindy , Aromataris, Edoardo , Lockwood, Craig , Jordan, Zoe   What kind of systematic review should I conduct? A proposed typology and guidance for systematic reviewers in the medical and health sciences  BMC Med Res Methodol. 2018; 18: 5. Published online 2018 Jan 10. doi: 10.1186/s12874-017-0468-4

Scoping review

• Methodology for JBI Scoping Reviews
• Munn, Zachary  Peters, Micah Stern, Cindy Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2018, Volume 18, Number 1, Page 1
• Pham, Mai T et al. “ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4491356/A scoping review of scoping reviews: advancing the approach and enhancing the consistency.” Research synthesis methods vol. 5,4 (2014): 371-85. doi:10.1002/jrsm.1123

Umbrella review

• Fusar-Poli P, Radua J Ten simple rules for conducting umbrella reviews Evidence-Based Mental Health 2018;21:95-100
• JBI Reviewers Manual Umbrella Reviews.
• Aromataris, Edoardo  Fernandez, Ritin  Godfrey, Christina M.  Holly, Cheryl   Khalil, Hanan Tungpunkom, Patraporn (2015)Summarizing systematic reviews: methodological development, conduct and reporting of an umbrella review approach. Int J Evid Based Healthc. 2015 Sep; 13(3): 132–140. doi: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000055

Article:

Gough et al.: Clarifying differences between review designs and methods. Systematic Reviews 2012 1:28.

A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies.  Health Info Libr J. 2009 Jun;26(2):91-108. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x.

Booth, A., Noyes, J., Flemming, K., Gerhardus, A., Wahlster, P., van der Wilt, G. J., ... & Rehfuess, E. (2018). Structured methodology review identified seven (RETREAT) criteria for selecting qualitative evidence synthesis approaches. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 99, 41-52.

Grossetta Nardini HK, Batten J, Funaro MC, Garcia-Milian R, Nyhan, K, Spak JM, Wang L, Glover JG. Librarians as methodological peer reviewers for systematic reviews: results of an online survey. Research Integrity & Peer Review 4, 23 (2019) doi:10.1186/s41073-019-0083-5