2021
DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2021.1892378
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Where you search determines what you find: the effects of bibliographic databases on systematic reviews

Abstract: Systematic literature reviews are common in social research for integrating and synthesising existing research. This paper argues that the outcomes of such reviews are affected by the choice of bibliographic databases. It presents evidence of substantial variation across three large electronic databases (Scopus, Web of Science and EBSCO) in a study on employee retention and staff turnover. It considers the specific articles, numbers returned, numbers shared across databases and perceived quality of journals ho… Show more

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“…In the main, scoping reviews are utilised in order to examine and map the range of research in a specific area and to identify research gaps in the existing literature [42,43]. They are used to explore and synthesize the potential nature, extent and scope of heterogeneous research literature around a topic, and are less question based than mapping reviews or specific than systematic reviews [43,44].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the main, scoping reviews are utilised in order to examine and map the range of research in a specific area and to identify research gaps in the existing literature [42,43]. They are used to explore and synthesize the potential nature, extent and scope of heterogeneous research literature around a topic, and are less question based than mapping reviews or specific than systematic reviews [43,44].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The final search string, constructed with the aid of Boolean operators and truncations, included the terms: ( choice OR choose* OR select* OR use OR usage OR utili* OR adopt* OR prefer*) AND ("omni channel" OR "multi channel" OR "cross channel" OR "dual channel" OR omnichannel OR multichannel OR cross-channel OR dualchannel) . To the end of comprehensively covering the relevant literature, we searched within three electronic literature databases: EBSCO Host, Scopus, and Web of Science (Kuckertz and Block 2021 ; Wanyama et al 2021 ). These databases are considered the most important and widely used within research in business and the social sciences and consequently find frequent use for SLRs within the business field (examples are Eckert and Hüsig 2022 ; Lu et al 2018b ; Neuhaus et al 2021 ; Tueanrat et al 2021 ).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Given the discussions so far, the supplementary employment of Scopus and the Web of Science appeared sufficient. Notwithstanding, Wanyama et al (2021) claim that those databases are not exhaustive of all available publications. Therefore, the study further used ScienceDirect and EBSCOHost as these online databases were popular in previous literature reviews of tourism and hospitality research (see, for example, Ip et al, 2011;Kim and Law, 2015;Leung et al, 2013;Nusair et al, 2019;Schuckert et al, 2015).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%