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Please assist with the above question. I am specifically interested in the medical domain (however, I guess the 'rule' / best practice will be irrespective of domain).
Thanks!
Zakia Salod i think it is aall about two studies basically it also depends on the synthesis you have done in your papers and the detailing in that particular paper
Srinivas Kasulla : thanks, so basically two studies are sufficient as minimum for a scoping review study? Is there any reference(s) to support this?
Zakia Salod , the concept at hand to be review and some other factors like availability of information in that area would play a major role.
I’d say there are no hard and fast rule to the number of studies you are to include in your scoping systematic review but basically you must keep in mind the objective or aim of your review. Most times scoping systematic reviews are carried out to map out the extent to which research has been done in a particular field and perhaps to explore what has already been known. So if your area of interest is not novel, you will surely get loads of articles then you can screen out some with your inclusion and exclusion criteria. But note: that including more papers in your review can make your review very rich while having less papers can signify the importance of your current review or the research you intend to carry out afterwards
I’d say there are no hard and fast rule to the number of studies you are to include in your scoping systematic review but basically you must keep in mind the objective or aim of your review. Most times scoping systematic reviews are carried out to map out the extent to which research has been done in a particular field and perhaps to explore what has already been known. So if your area of interest is not novel, you will surely get loads of articles then you can screen out some with your inclusion and exclusion criteria. But note: that including more papers in your review can make your review very rich while having less papers can signify the importance of your current review or the research you intend to carry out afterwards. The link below may help:
https://journals.lww.com/ijebh/fulltext/2015/09000/guidance_for_conducting_systematic_scoping_reviews.5.aspx
@ Emmanuel. A. ...I totally agreed with your view on this subject matter.
Is having over 200 papers in a scoping review fine? The results will be presented in tabular format. So, basically, is having over 200 rows (around approx 270) in the table for a scoping review okay?
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