Questions tagged [literature-review]
Questions about evaluating the current state of research on a topic by searching published material.
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How to design research questions for a literature review?
I have to conduct a literature review for research topic. The plan is to add this as the first chapter of my doctoral dissertation, get the scoping and state of the art about topic, and preferably get ...
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What is the difference between Survey, SMS, and SLR
I wonder if there is actual difference among a survey, systematic mapping study, and a systematic literature review? All of them involve three main phases: specifying research questions and search ...
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How do I systematically identify and select literature?
I want to do a content analysis on particular content published in current textbooks in my discipline specific to my country. For example, Canadian political science textbooks.
I’m not sure how to ...
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Skim reading for the literature review?
I am currently working on the literature review for an article. I am a rather slow reader and thus writing the lit review section usually takes me a lot of time. I also tend to read things in full, i....
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Should I include papers in a literature review that might overshadow my own results?
I'm composing a literature review on the use of air bubbling carriers in direct contact membrane distillation. I've encountered various papers with promising findings, some of which might overshadow ...
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How to efficiently get a scoping for a research topic?
Imagine you're attending a conference and your team has a novel research idea that combines concepts X and Y. While you're an expert in X, you lack knowledge about Y. However, a strong understanding ...
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Should we update time periods in a Bibliometric analysis even after completing it, if it's found to be generating biased results due to recent study?
Suppose a bibliometric analysis was conducted to uncover new research discoveries, but it was later discovered that similar kinds of research had already been carried out. In such a scenario, what ...
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How to recognize research paper from a literature review in the article missing headings?
In certain humanity fields articles are published without headings like Introduction, Methods, or Results. They usually do not describe literature research methodology (as it is probably always the ...
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Is Utilizing AI Tools for Conducting Literature Reviews in Academic Research Advisable?
Recently, I've come across various AI tools that claim to assist in conducting literature reviews by quickly summarizing research papers, identifying key themes, and even suggesting relevant ...
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Would Making My Literature Review Open Source Be Beneficial to Others in Academia? [closed]
I am currently working on a comprehensive literature review for a paper in my field of study. As I delve deeper into this project, I am considering the possibility of making the literature review open ...
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Best methods to send citations to co-reviewers
I am currently conducting a systematic review and have finalised my initial extraction. I need to send a list of citations to my co-reviewers so that they can screen the relevant citations.
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What are some methods to find a research gap?
I have read over 50 articles on a topic I am writing about but do not see any research gaps. I have spent a lot of time reading the introductions of papers, since it is there that I found the most ...
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How does everyone do their lterature reviews? [duplicate]
I have to do a literature review and have never done one before. What are some methods to do this?
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How to manage and differentiate literature reviews for different papers with related subject?
I wrote a research paper on a given topic. And now I'm writing a continuation for the same research. My question are :
How to include the literature review of the previous paper in the current paper ...
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Assessing bias in experiments on immortalized cell lines? [closed]
I'm writing a systematic review on endothelial cell cultures undergoing a certain treatment. In all studies included, the cultures come from an immortalized cell line. I'm assessing bias in the ...
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