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10. Scoping reviews

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Last updated: Mar 27, 2024 by Bianca Pilla
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Micah DJ Peters, Christina Godfrey, Patricia McInerney, Zachary Munn, Andrea C. Tricco, Hanan Khalil


How to cite: 

Peters MDJ, Godfrey C, McInerney P, Munn Z, Tricco AC, Khalil, H. Scoping Reviews (2020). Aromataris E, Lockwood C, Porritt K, Pilla B, Jordan Z, editors. JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis. JBI; 2024. Available from: https://synthesismanual.jbi.global.  https://doi.org/10.46658/JBIMES-24-09



Contents

Interim Guidance

JBI Methodology Groups are continuously working to improve, update and further the science of JBI Evidence Syntheses. JBI Methodology chapters are updated when there have been significant changes to a methodology, as determined by the JBI Scientific Committee. Interim guidance for steps, sections or stages of a review methodology is often provided via publications ahead of formal chapter updates. Please see below for relevant interim guidance:

Recommendations for the extraction, analysis, and presentation of results in scoping reviews

Pollock et al 2023

Scoping reviewers often face challenges in the extraction, analysis, and presentation of scoping review results. Using best-practice examples and drawing on the expertise of the JBI Scoping Review Methodology Group and an editor of a journal that publishes scoping reviews, this paper expands on existing JBI scoping review guidance. The aim of this article is to clarify the process of extracting data from different sources of evidence; discuss what data should be extracted (and what should not); outline how to analyze extracted data, including an explanation of basic qualitative content analysis; and offer suggestions for the presentation of results in scoping reviews.

Best practice guidance and reporting items for the development of scoping review protocols

Peters et al 2022

The purpose of this article is to clearly describe how to develop a robust and detailed scoping review protocol, which is the first stage of the scoping review process. This paper provides detailed guidance and a checklist for prospective authors to ensure that their protocols adequately inform both the conduct of the ensuing review and their readership.

Conducting high quality scoping reviews-challenges and solutions

Khalil et al 2021

In this paper, the JBI Scoping Review Methodology Group discuss the challenges that may be faced in the conduct and publishing of scoping reviews, such as developing an a-priori protocol, developing implications or recommendations for research, policy or practice and a lack of understanding of scoping reviews by journal editors, authors and peer reviewers. It presents solutions to these challenges to ensure better understanding of the process of scoping reviews.