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Introduction<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Knowledge generation in various disciplines is increasing tremendously but is fragmented and interdisciplinary in many scenarios. Therefore, there are challenges in analysing collective evidence and keeping up with the research trends.\u00a0<\/span>A building block of research is collecting information relevant to a specific discipline and relating it to existing knowledge, making reviews more critical<\/span>\u00a0(Sutton, 2019).\u00a0<\/span>The review article is a \u201csignificant evaluation of previously published preliminary studies.\u201d These include, among others,\u00a0<\/span>systematic reviews<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and meta-analytic reviews of studies of quantitative effects<\/span>. Articles are reviewed to identify and synthesise relevant literature carefully, comparing and contrasting the results of previous research in the field. Therefore, review articles provide readers with an up-to-date understanding of research topics, identify gaps, and point the way for future research. In other words, reviews synthesise the existing literature, summarise previous research, identify knowledge gaps, and develop new theoretical frameworks to form a series of crucial arguments on a particular research topic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Reviews have become more diverse and practical with increasing diversity in research and practice. Each type of review has its benefits and must follow a \u2018system\u2019 while conducting it to answer a\u00a0<\/span>research question<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Paul, 2020).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The types of major reviews<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The following table summarises the types, scope, datasets, and analysis and where it can and cannot be conducted. This table can be used to guide the researcher, similar to how there are\u00a0<\/span>guidelines for a literature review<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Review type<\/strong><\/td>\nGoal<\/strong><\/td>\nWhen to conduct<\/strong><\/td>\nWhen not to conduct<\/strong><\/td>\nScope<\/strong><\/td>\nDataset<\/strong><\/td>\nAnalysis<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bibliometric analysis
\n(Linnenluecke, 2020)<\/small><\/td>\n		Summarises large quantities of bibliometric data to present the state of the intellectual structure and emerging trends of a research topic or field.<\/td>\nIt can be conducted when the scope of the review is broad.<\/td>\nIt cannot be conducted when the dataset is small and manageable enough that its content can be manually reviewed.<\/td>\nBroad<\/td>\nLarge<\/td>\nQuantitative (evaluation and interpretation)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nQualitative (interpretation only)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meta-analysis
\n(Hansen, 2022)<\/small><\/td>\n		Summarises the empirical evidence of the relationship between variables while uncovering relationships not studied in existing studies.<\/td>\nMeta-analysis can be conducted when the review focuses on summarising results.<\/td>\nIt cannot be conducted when studies in the field are heterogeneous.<\/td>\nBroad\/Specific<\/td>\nLarge\/ small but adequate<\/td>\nQuantitative (evaluation and interpretation)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIt can also be conducted when studies in the field are homogenous.<\/td>\nMeta-analysis cannot be conducted when the number of high-quality homogeneous studies is relatively low.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Systematic literature review
\n(Linnenluecke, 2020)<\/small><\/td>\n		Summarises and synthesises the findings of existing literature on a research topic<\/a> or field.<\/td>\nA systematic literature review can be conducted when the scope of the review is specific.<\/td>\nIt cannot be conducted when the dataset is too large for manual review.<\/td>\nSpecific<\/td>\nSmall<\/td>\nQualitative (evaluation and interpretation)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIt can be conducted when the dataset is small and manageable enough to review its content manually.<\/td>\nIt cannot be conducted when the scope of the review is broad.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nLarge<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Conclusion<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Review types help researchers to understand the amount of existing knowledge.\u00a0<\/span>Bibliometric analysis<\/span><\/a>, meta-analysis and systematic literature review are the major review types. Each type of review could be used in some instances. The researcher needs to be aware of the review types,their indications and where they cannot be used to gain accurate knowledge in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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References<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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