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A Guide to Conducting a Standalone Systematic Literature Review

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Okoli, Chitu·2015·Communications of the Association for Information Systems
DOI 10.17705/1cais.03743
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Many scholars are not well trained in conducting a standalone literature review, a scholarly paper that in its entirety summarizes and synthesizes knowledge from a prior body of research. Numerous guides that exist for information systems (IS) research mainly concentrate on only certain parts of the process; few span the entire process. This paper introduces the rigorous, standardized methodology for the systematic literature review (also called systematic review) to IS scholars. This comprehensive guide extends the base methodology from the health sciences and other fields with numerous adaptations to meet the needs of methodologically diverse fields such as IS research, especially those that involve including and synthesizing both quantitative and qualitative studies. Moreover, this guide provides many examples from IS research and provides references to guides with further helpful details for conducting a rigorous and valuable literature review. Although tailored to IS research, it is sufficiently broad to be applicable and valuable to scholars from any social science field.

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  1. Alavi, M., & Leidner, D. E. (2001). Review: Knowledge management and knowledge management systems: Conceptual foundations and research issues. MIS Quarterly, 25(1), 107-136.
  2. Alias, M., Zurinah, C., Reiska, A. J., Åhlberg, M., & Novak, J. D. (2008). Concept mapping: A tool for creating a literature review. In Proceedings of the 3 rd International Conference on Concept Mapping.
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Authors
Okoli, C.
Affiliations
Concordia University (CA)
Corresponding author
Okoli, Chitu
ORCID
Okoli, Chitu
Venue
Communications of the Association for Information Systems
Publisher
Association for Information Systems
Published
2015
Volume
37
ISSN
1529-3181 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.17705/1cais.03743
OpenAlex
W2173536757
Cited by
1,413
References
93
Citations by year
2026: 150 · 2025: 241 · 2024: 250 · 2023: 230 · 2022: 220 · 2021: 162 · 2020: 78 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2
FWCI
2.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
other-oa
Locations
Communications of the Association for Information Systems (publishedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Business Strategies and Management Research
Keywords
systematic reviews, information systems research, research methodology, literature synthesis, mixed methods synthesis, research guidelines, meta-analysis

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