Review Research: Inquiry Based on Published Studies
What is Review Research?
Review research is an broad term that describes various types of review articles. Kunisch et al. (2023) define it as
a class of research inquiries that employ scientific methods to analyze and synthesize prior research to develop new knowledge for academia, practice and policy-making.
The key defining feature of review research which makes this type of research distinct from other empirical inquiries and conceptual research is that it uses prior knowledge as its source of data to develop new knowledge.
What do researchers have to say about how to conduct review research, and why it is important?
A feature topic in the Organizational Research Methods journal, Rigorous and Impactful Literature Reviews, offers an array of perspectives and practical advice. While the journal focuses generally on business research, this collection is relevant to researchers in any field of study. The articles are open-access, so take a look! Watch interviews with contributors to this collection and explore related resources to learn more.
Learn from contributors to the feature on Rigorous and Impactful Literature Reviews.
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Kunisch, S., Denyer, D., Bartunek, J. M., Menz, M., & Cardinal, L. B. (2023). Review Research as Scientific Inquiry. Organizational Research Methods, 26(1), 3-45. https://doi.org/10.1177/10944281221127292
In this interview David Antons and Oliver Salge discuss the roles humans and machines can take to plan and conduct computational literature reviews.