Literature reviews as independent studies: guidelines for academic practice

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Abstract Review articles or literature reviews are a critical part of scientific research. We concentrate on the types, focuses, considerations, methods, and contributions of literature reviews as independent, standalone studies.

🔑 Key Findings

• While numerous guides on literature reviews exist, these are often limited to the philosophy of review procedures, protocols, and nomenclatures, triggering non-parsimonious reporting and confusion due to overlapping similarities.
• To address the aforementioned limitations, we adopt a pragmatic approach to demystify and shape the academic practice of conducting literature reviews.
• We concentrate on the types, focuses, considerations, methods, and contributions of literature reviews as independent, standalone studies.

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