Cluster searching
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A systematic attempt, using a variety of search techniques, to identify papers or other research outputs that relate to a single study. This relation may be direct (i.e. “sibling” papers produced from the same study) or indirect (“kinship” studies that inform theoretical or contextual elements of the study of interest).
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Key pearl citation
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A key work in a topic area, specifically in this context a report of a research study that acts as a retrieval point for related outputs that may help to explicate theory or to understand context.
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Kinship study
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A study subsequently identified as being related to an original study of interest. Kinship studies may share a common theoretical origin, links to a common antecedent study or a contemporaneous or spatial context.
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Sibling paper
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A paper subsequently identified as being an output from the same study as an original paper of interest.
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Study cluster
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A group of inter-related papers or other research outputs that relate to the same single research study.
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