Overview: Scoping Reviews
A scoping review:
- "maps the body of literature on a topic area"
- "include a large range of study designs and methodologies"
- "provide a descriptive overview of the reviewed material without critcally appraising individual studies or synthesizing evidence from different studies."
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
Pham, M. T., Rajic, A., Greig, J. D., Sargeant, J. M., Papadopoulos, A., & McEwen, S. A. (2014). A scoping review of scoping reviews: advancing the approach and enhancing the consistency. Res Synth Methods, 5(4), 371-385. doi:10.1002/jrsm.1123
Additional Resources:
- Cochrane Training: Scoping Reviews: What they are and how you can do them.
- Equator Network: Current Best Practices For The Conduct Of Scoping Reviews
- JBI Scoping Review Network
- Cacchione, P. Z. (2016). The Evolving Methodology of Scoping Reviews. Clinical Nursing Research, 25(2), 115-119. doi:10.1177/1054773816637493
- Levac, D., Colquhoun, H., & O'Brien, K. K. (2010). Scoping studies: advancing the methodology. Implement Sci, 5, 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. doi:10.1186/s12874-018-0611-x
- Peters, M. D., Godfrey, C. M., Khalil, H., McInerney, P., Parker, D., & Soares, C. B. (2015). Guidance for conducting systematic scoping reviews. Int J Evid Based Healthc, 13(3), 141-146. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26134548. doi:10.1097/XEB.0000000000000050
- Peters MDJ, Godfrey C, McInerney P, Munn Z, Tricco AC, Khalil, H. Scoping Reviews (2020). Aromataris E, Lockwood C, Porritt K, Pilla B, Jordan Z, editors. JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis. JBI; 2024. Available from: https://synthesismanual.jbi.global https://doi.org/10.46658/JBIMES-24-09
- Tricco, A. C., Lillie, E., Zarin, W., O'Brien, K. K., Colquhoun, H., Levac, D., . . . Straus, S. E. (2018). PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and ExplanationThe PRISMA-ScR Statement. Annals of Internal Medicine, 169(7), 467-473. doi:10.7326/m18-0850
