From e403cfd085046e919150ef1646cb0a7cc305b0ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marty Oehme Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:28:39 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] txt: Add grey lit search protocol --- scoping_review.md | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/scoping_review.md b/scoping_review.md index 2ea0c0b..a532c02 100644 --- a/scoping_review.md +++ b/scoping_review.md @@ -97,13 +97,20 @@ based on the above definitions. The search protocol then follows a three-staged process of execution: identification, screening and extraction. First, in identification, the above categorizations are combined through Boolean operators to conduct a search through the database repository Web of Science. -The search istelf is conducted with English-language search queries only. - +The search itself is conducted with English-language search queries only, +connecting the various clusters with logical 'and' connectors, excluding partial matches, +while synonymous or related terms are connected with logical 'or' connected, allowing partial matches. + +The search may also include other database repositories such as Google Scholar, +in order to catch possible grey literature. +For database repositories which do not allow a precise enough query, +splits are introduced at term cluster edges, +in order to enable later intersection joins (or 'inner merges') based on common DOIs, URLs or a combination of author and title. Relevant results are then complemented through the adoption of a 'snowballing' technique, which analyzes an array of published reviews for their reference lists to find cross-references of potentially missing literature. -The execution of queries results in an initial sample of 2169 studies after the identification process. +Currently execution of queries would result in an initial sample of 2169 studies after the identification process. The majority of studies result from the 'income' inequality cluster of the boolean search, with horizontal cluster terms used often but rarely on their own. @@ -127,7 +134,8 @@ These two delineations follow the ILO categorizations on world regions and the c Similarly, if a specific type of inequality, or a specific intervention, represents the focus of a study, -these will be reflected in the same keyword system, through for example 'inequality::income' or 'inequality::gender'. +these will be reflected in the same keyword system, +through for example 'inequality::income' or 'inequality::gender'. The complete process of identification and screening is undertaken with the help of the Zotero reference manager, ultimately leaving only publications which are relevant for final full-text review and analysis.