What are the major key points that we should consider during writing a review article (based on results/ findings of previous researchers) for Q1 standard journals?
Hi Md - due to the 'publish or perish' phenomenon, there is a lot of pressure on supervisors to expose their students to early exposure of the publication process - as well as the benefit to the supervisor as well. As an integrative review of the literature is one of the first phases of a study thesis - it's a natural place to start. However, many journals do not accept literature reviews anymore as they may prefer primary, empirical studies. Others might accept reviews - but there are different levels of reviews. The more rigorous and structured a review is - the more likely it is to be accepted. So there is a 'standard' literature review, an integrative review, a systematic review (which is controversial due to interpretation and interchangeability of terms i.e. a meta-analysis-based systematic review versus a 'structured' literature review - which may be very similar to an integrative review), meta-synthesis, concept analysis, discourse analysis etc. The two attached chapters, while nursing and midwifery-focused, might assist. The principles are generic for understanding different types of reviews and tips for publishing. The best strategy is to find your target journals and then search the scope of the journal which often identifies what type of submissions they prefer - and look to recent copy to see if they have accepted reviews.