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Systematic Reviews: SR methodology - non health

General

Mohamed Shaffril, H. A., Samsuddin, S. F., & Abu Samah, A. (2021). The ABC of systematic literature review: The basic methodological guidance for beginners. Quality & Quantity55, 1319-1346. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-020-01059-6

Biology

Haddaway, N. R., Woodcock, P., Macura, B., & Collins, A. (2015). Making literature reviews more reliable through application of lessons from systematic reviews. Conservation Biology29(6), 1596-1605. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12541

Chemistry

European Food Safety Authority. (2010). Application of systematic review methodology to food and feed safety assessments to support decision making: EFSA guidance for those carrying out systematic reviews. EFSA Journal8(6), 1637. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1637

Education

Davies, P. (2000). The relevance of systematic reviews to educational policy and practice. Oxford Review of Education26(3-4), 365-378. https://doi.org/10.1080/3054980020001882

Bearman, M., Smith, C. D., Carbone, A., Slade, S., Baik, C., Hughes-Warrington, M., & Neumann, D. L. (2012). Systematic review methodology in higher education. Higher Education Research & Development31(5), 625-640. http://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2012.702735

Xiao, Y., & Watson, M. (2019). Guidance on conducting a systematic literature review. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 39(1), 93-112. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X17723971

Engineering

Borrego, M., Foster, M. J., & Froyd, J. E. (2014). Systematic literature reviews in engineering education and other developing interdisciplinary fields. Journal of Engineering Education103(1), 45-76.

Kitchenham, B., Brereton, O. P., Budgen, D., Turner, M., Bailey, J., & Linkman, S. (2009). Systematic literature reviews in software engineering: A systematic literature review. Information and Software Technology51(1), 7-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2008.09.009

Kitchenham, B., & Brereton, P. (2013). A systematic review of systematic review process research in software engineering. Information and software technology55(12), 2049-2075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2013.07.010

Petersen, K., Vakkalanka, S., & Kuzniarz, L. (2015). Guidelines for conducting systematic mapping studies in software engineering: An update. Information and software technology64, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2015.03.007

Environmental Science

Mengist, W., Soromessa, T., & Legese, G. (2020). Method for conducting systematic literature review and meta-analysis for environmental science research. MethodsX7, 100777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2019.100777 

Miljand, M. (2020). Using systematic review methods to evaluate environmental public policy: Methodological challenges and potential usefulness. Environmental Science & Policy105, 47-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.12.008

Haddaway, N. R., Macura, B., Whaley, P., & Pullin, A. S. (2018). ROSES RepOrting standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses: Pro forma, flow-diagram and descriptive summary of the plan and conduct of environmental systematic reviews and systematic maps. Environmental Evidence7, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-018-0142-2

Berrang-Ford, L., Pearce, T., & Ford, J. D. (2015). Systematic review approaches for climate change adaptation research. Regional Environmental Change15, 755-769. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-014-0708-7

Management

Hiebl, M. R. W. (2023). Sample Selection in Systematic Literature Reviews of Management Research. Organizational Research Methods, 26(2), 229-261. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428120986851

Williams R. I., Clark L. A., Clark W. R., Raffo D. M. (2020). Re-examining systematic literature review in management research: Additional benefits and execution protocols. European Management Journal, 39(4), 521-533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2020.09.007

Denyer, D., & Tranfield, D. (2009). Producing a systematic review. In D. A. Buchanan & A. Bryman (Eds.), The Sage handbook of organizational research methods (pp. 671–689). Sage Publications.

Tranfield, D., Denyer, D., & Smart, P. (2003). Towards a methodology for developing evidence‐informed management knowledge by means of systematic review. British Journal of Management14(3), 207-222.

Social Science

Gough, D., Oliver, S., & Thomas, J. (2013). Learning from research: Systematic reviews for informing policy decisions. EPPI Centre. https://www.betterevaluation.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/systematic

Petticrew, M., & Roberts, H. (2008). Systematic reviews in the social sciences: A practical guide. John Wiley & Sons. (Print book)