Scoping Reviews

A scoping review requires a team and may take up to 12 months or more to complete.  This can vary depending upon the number of databases you search, how many items are retrieved, the number of people you work with on the review, your experience with the scoping review process, etc.  MCW librarians can help you with your search and save you time.  Please contact us with any questions about scoping reviews.  To request a scoping review, please request a reference consultation.

Source:  Levac, D., Colquhoun, H. & O'Brien, K.K. Scoping studies: advancing the methodology. Implementation Sci 5, 69 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-5-69 is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (http//creativecommons.org/licenses/by4.0)

A summary of challenges and recommendations for scoping reviews which builds upon the Arksey and O'Malley framework are available in: Levac D, Colquhoun H, O'Brien KK. Scoping studies: advancing the methodology. Implement Sci. 2010;5:69. Published 2010 Sep 20.

Enhancements to these frameworks may be found in JBI's Chapter 11.1.3 The scoping review framework. Peters MDJ, Godfrey C, McInerney P, et al. Chapter 11: Scoping Reviews (2020 version). In: Aromataris E, Munn Z (Editors). JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis, JBI, 2020. Available from https://synthesismanual.jbi.global.  https://doi.org/10.46658/JBIMES-20-12