2024 Volume 32 Issue 2 Pages 118-124
This paper aims to provide beginning students with a basic understanding of the processes involved in conducting systematic reviews. A systematic review is a form of secondary study that aims to comprehensively collect, evaluate, and synthesize the findings of primary research. Compared with narrative reviews, which are based on the researcher’s personal knowledge and experience, systematic reviews follow a clear methodological approach to the collection, selection, extraction, and evaluation of primary information. Highly ranked in the hierarchy of evidence, systematic reviews serve as crucial tools for researchers to objectively assess the current state and prospects of their research. A systematic review involves several key steps including formulating research questions, selecting databases, devising a search strategy, establishing inclusion and exclusion criteria, extracting and managing data, evaluating article quality, and registering protocols. In addition to contributing to article writing, systematic reviews are instrumental in advancing research and informing policymaking. This journal eagerly invites submissions of systematic reviews.
