Systematic mapping of the literature: a key method for literature synthesis.

Synthesizing the ever-growing academic literature is an important skill in academia and science in general. Most will know about narrative reviews and meta-analysis; but perhaps systematic mapping is a less well-known option. I explain the difference among these three approaches, how a systematic mapping is done, and what you can do with the results.
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Synthesizing the ever-growing academic literature is an important skill in academia and science in general. Most will know about narrative reviews and meta-analysis; but perhaps systematic mapping is a less well-known option. In this video, I explain the difference among these three approaches, how a systematic mapping is done, and what you can do with the results. Have you heard of this? Have you tried this out? Please let me know in the comments! 😀

[@tanvirshovon3482]

Thanks for this wonderful video on a critical topic.

[@mrillig]

thanks!!

[@juanjosfungi]

Greetings from Colombia c: wonderful video, I will definitely apply this topic in my research. Thanks!

[@mrillig]

Great!

[@YunpengLUO]

Thanks for the nice introduction to the systematic mapping of the literature. Are there any tools/software to help do systematic mapping, e.g., making the tree diagram to link different literature?

[@mrillig]

Thanks! People just use R to produce the graphics. But there are tools people have used to help in the paper screening, you might want to check out a recent paper by James Orr in Ecology Letters if you are interested. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ele.14463

[@YunpengLUO]

@@mrillig Many thanks for this recommendation, Prof. Matthias Rillig

[@sarkaljyakhwa4088]

Wondering if this video was there 6 months ago, life would have been so easy. Thanks!

[@mrillig]

Better late than never! :)

[@marianachrispim7213]

I missed the integrative literature review, which is a valuable option

[@mrillig]

How's that different from a narrative review?