Mapping reviews are an evolving method of evidence synthesis that share many similarities with the definition or goals of a scoping review. The main distinction being the involvement of stakeholders early and the review process, the rigor of the search strategy and the presentation of results that may be in user-friendly format, often a visual figure or graph, or a searchable database (Miake-Lye et al, 2016).
Key paper
Miake-Lye, I. M., Hempel, S., Shanman, R., & Shekelle, P. G. (2016). What is an evidence map? A systematic review of published evidence maps and their definitions, methods, and products. Systematic reviews, 5(1), 1-21. Full Text
James, K. L., Randall, N. P., & Haddaway, N. R. (2016). A methodology for systematic mapping in environmental sciences. Environmental evidence, 5(1), 1-13. Full Text
Grant, M. J., & Booth, A. (2009). A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies. Health information & libraries journal, 26(2), 91-108. Full Text
Wijn, S. R., Rovers, M. M., & Hannink, G. (2022). Confounding adjustment methods in longitudinal observational data with a time-varying treatment: a mapping review. BMJ open, 12(3), e058977. Full Text
References
Miake-Lye, I. M., Hempel, S., Shanman, R., & Shekelle, P. G. (2016). What is an evidence map? A systematic review of published evidence maps and their definitions, methods, and products. Systematic reviews, 5(1), 1-21. Full Text