BeckerGuides: Scoping Review Guide : Guidelines

Guidelines

Becker librarians adhere to recommended best practices when creating scoping review literature searches. We also recommend that researchers become familiar with these guidelines, especially PRISMA-ScR, when conceptualizing the scoping review project.

JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis

JBI is a global organization that promotes and supports evidence-based decision-making in healthcare. Their resources provide comprehensive information about conducting scoping reviews.

JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis: Chapter 11: Scoping Reviews

PRISMA

PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) is an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Many journals endorse PRISMA and may require authors to use PRISMA when submitting systematic reviews for publication. In 2018 PRISMA published an extension specifically for Scoping Reviews.

PRISMA for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR)
The PRISMA extension for scoping reviews was published in 2018. The checklist contains 22 items to report in your scoping review manuscript.
PRISMA Flow Diagram
The PRISMA flow diagram shows a visual representation of the number of results retrieved in a search and when studies are excluded from analysis. The PRISMA flow diagram is typically used for systematic reviews, but can also be used with scoping reviews for the same purpose.