TY - JOUR AU - Munn, Zachary AU - Peters, Micah D. J. AU - Stern, Cindy AU - Tufanaru, Catalin AU - McArthur, Alexa AU - Aromataris, Edoardo PY - 2018 DA - 2018/11/19 TI - Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach JO - BMC Medical Research Methodology SP - 143 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Scoping reviews are a relatively new approach to evidence synthesis and currently there exists little guidance regarding the decision to choose between a systematic review or scoping review approach when synthesising evidence. The purpose of this article is to clearly describe the differences in indications between scoping reviews and systematic reviews and to provide guidance for when a scoping review is (and is not) appropriate. SN - 1471-2288 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0611-x DO - 10.1186/s12874-018-0611-x ID - Munn2018 ER -