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Getting Started with Systematic Reviews: Criticisms or Challenges

Criticisms or Challenges

These are papers that have presented challenges for or criticisms of SR.​

  • Abbott, A. (2008). The traditional future: A computational theory of library research. College & Research Libraries, 69(6), 524-545. doi: 10.58601/crl.69.6.524
  • Boell, S.K., & Cecez-Kecmanovic, D. (2010). Literature reviews and the hermeneutic circle. Australian Academic and Research Libraries, 41(2), 129-144. doi: 10.1080/00048623.2010.10721450
  • Boell, S. K., & Cecez-Kecmanovic, D. (2014). A hermeneutic approach for conducting literature reviews and literature searches. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 34(1), 10.
  • Finfgeld-Connett, D. & Johnson, E.D. (2012). Literature search strategies for conducting knowledge building and theory-generating qualitative systematic reviews. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69(1), 194-204. Doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.00037.x
  • Time to challenge the spurious hierarchy of systematic over narrative reviews? - Greenhalgh - - European Journal of Clinical Investigation - Wiley Online Library. (n.d.). Retrieved April 18, 2018, from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/eci.12931
  • MacLure, M. (2005). “Clarity bordering on stupidity”: where’s the quality in systematic review? Journal of Education Policy, 20(4), 393–416. doi.org/10.1080/02680930500131801