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HTHRHSC 4590

Scoping Review Standards

Many different standards and guidelines have been developed to help researchers perform scoping reviews.  Below are some of the most frequently cited resources.

There are two main types of guidelines:

  • Methodology Guidelines: These are guidelines that will talk about how to perform a  scoping review.  They will provide detailed guidance and discussion about all of the different steps to consider.
  • Reporting Guidelines: These are guidelines that will talk about what you need to include in your final manuscript or write-up.  They may make mention of the different steps of the process, but will not provide much guidance on how to conduct that step, only how to describe it.

Methodology Guidelines

Primary Guidance

Foundational Articles

Reporting Guidelines

PRISMA, or the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, is the top reporting guideline for both systematic reviews, and they have numerous extensions that can be used when conducting a scoping review.

It is important to note that PRISMA is a reporting guideline, and so includes items that should be in your final write-up; however, it is not a methodology guideline, and so may not have much detail on how to actually perform each step of the process.