Box 1.1 Some common types of review
- Critical review
- Integrative review
- Literature review
- Mapping review/ systematic map
- Meta-analysis
- Mixed studies review/ mixed methods review
- Overview
- Qualitative systematic review/ qualitative evidence synthesis
- Rapid review
- Scoping review
- State-of-the-art review
- Systematic search and review
- Systematic review
- Systematised review
- Umbrella review
Note: These different types of review are defined and explained in Chapter 2. For the present it is sufficient to acknowledge that a plethora of terms exists for systematic approaches to a literature review.