colrev.literature_review

Version Version: 0.1.0

Maintainer Maintainer: Gerit Wagner

Licencse License: MIT

Git repository Repository: CoLRev-Environment/colrev

Endpoint

Status

Add

review_type

STABLE

 
colrev init --type colrev.literature_review

Summary

This ReviewType contains a basic setup for literature reviews. It is a good choice to try the CoLRev system. Similar to the other packages for review types, it can be used to complete a review project and report each step for a standalone review paper.

For standalone review papers, it is recommended to use a specific review type, such as a scoping review or a qualitative systematic review.

Characteristics

  • N/A. The characteristics of literature reviews vary considerably when no review type is specified.

Data extraction, analysis, and synthesis

  • For the synthesis, the colrev.paper_md is activated, which creates the data/data/paper.md file. This file can be used to keep notes, draft a review protocol, and to write a synthesis. Based on the paper.md, the output/paper.docx is generated automatically.

  • To extract structured data, or conduct other forms of analysis and synthesis, other data packages can be activated.

Textbooks

Fink, A. (2019). Conducting research literature reviews: From the internet to paper. Sage publications. ISBN: 9781544318462.

Hart, C. (2018). Doing a literature review: Releasing the research imagination. Sage publications. ISBN: 9781526423146.