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Scoping reviews focus on mapping the breadth and nature of research carried out on a topic of interest (Arksey & O'Malley, 2005; Grant & Booth, 2009; Levac, Colquhoun, & O'Brien, 2010; Munn et al., 2018). The quality of the research carried out is not generally evaluated (Arksey & O'Malley, 2005; Peters et al., 2015).
According to Arksey and O'Malley (2005) and Munn et al. (2018) depending on the purpose of your research a scoping review might be carried out to:
Process for conducting a scoping review:
Cochrane Review webinar series presented by Dr. Andrea C. Tricco and Kafayat Oboirien:
Scoping reviews: What they are and how you can do them
Ansar, A., Lewis, V., McDonald, C., Liu, C., & Rahman, M. A. (2020). Defining timeliness in care for patients with lung cancer: Protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open, 10(11), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039660
Arksey, H., & O'Malley, L. (2005). Scoping studies: Towards a methodological framework. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8(1), 19-32. doi:10.1080/1364557032000119616
Grant, M. J., & Booth, A. (2009). A typology of reviews: An analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 26(2), 91-108. doi:10.1111/j.1471-1842.2009.00848.x
Levac, D., Colquhoun, H., & O'Brien, K. K. (2010). Scoping studies: Advancing the methodology. Implementation Science, 5(1), 69-69. doi:10.1186/1748-5908-5-69
Munn, Z., Peters, M. D. J., Stern, C., Tufanaru, C., McArthur, A., & Aromataris, E. (2018). Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 18(1), 143-143. doi:10.1186/s12874-018-0611-x
Peters, M. D. J., Godfrey, C. M., Khalil, H., McInerney, P., Parker, D., & Soares, C. B. (2015). Guidance for conducting systematic scoping reviews. International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare, 13(3), 141-146. doi:10.1097/XEB.0000000000000050
Peters, M. D. J., Marnie, C., Tricco, A. C., Pollock, D., Munn, Z., Alexander, L., McInerney, P., Godfrey, C., & Khalil, H. (2020). Updated methodological guidance for the conduct of scoping reviews. JBI evidence synthesis, 18(10), 2119-2126.https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-20-00167