Table 1 Review families
Review family name | Review types per family |
|---|---|
Traditional review family | Critical review, integrative review, narrative review, narrative summary, state of the art review |
Rapid review family | Rapid reviews, rapid evidence assessment, rapid realist synthesis |
Purpose specific review family | Content analysis, scoping review, mapping review |
Systematic review family | Meta-analysis, systematic review |
Qualitative review family | Qualitative evidence synthesis, qualitative meta-synthesis, meta-ethnography |
Mixed methods review family | Mixed methods synthesis, narrative synthesis |
Review of review family | Review of review, umbrella review |