Synthesis of the types and trends of review articles

The practice of review writing is an essential component of postgraduate students’ academic studies for graduation requirement and especially for those who are undergoing their postgraduate studies by theses by publication. However, very few studies have focused on review genres. In this review, the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhai, Xiuwen, Razali, Abu Bakar, Sulaiman, Tajulripin
Format: Article
Published: Hindawi 2022
_version_ 1825938847004884992
author Zhai, Xiuwen
Razali, Abu Bakar
Sulaiman, Tajulripin
author_facet Zhai, Xiuwen
Razali, Abu Bakar
Sulaiman, Tajulripin
author_sort Zhai, Xiuwen
collection UPM
description The practice of review writing is an essential component of postgraduate students’ academic studies for graduation requirement and especially for those who are undergoing their postgraduate studies by theses by publication. However, very few studies have focused on review genres. In this review, the researchers would like to offer an overview of different types of review articles and identify the trend in the development of the review article genre. The researchers of this study employed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. They identified the published articles specific to the review genres via a structured keyword search in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar (from the years 2019–2022). A mixed analysis approach (e.g., qualitative analysis combined with quantitative analysis) was conducted to further examine the selected articles using the data visualization software CiteSpace. The results showcased that there were currently a limited number of review types in social science disciplines. The researchers call for more effort to discover new models for writing review genres in the EFL/ESL context. This study also discusses the theoretical and practical implications.
first_indexed 2024-09-25T03:37:48Z
format Article
id upm.eprints-103410
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
last_indexed 2024-09-25T03:37:48Z
publishDate 2022
publisher Hindawi
record_format dspace
spelling upm.eprints-1034102024-06-30T10:01:06Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103410/ Synthesis of the types and trends of review articles Zhai, Xiuwen Razali, Abu Bakar Sulaiman, Tajulripin The practice of review writing is an essential component of postgraduate students’ academic studies for graduation requirement and especially for those who are undergoing their postgraduate studies by theses by publication. However, very few studies have focused on review genres. In this review, the researchers would like to offer an overview of different types of review articles and identify the trend in the development of the review article genre. The researchers of this study employed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. They identified the published articles specific to the review genres via a structured keyword search in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar (from the years 2019–2022). A mixed analysis approach (e.g., qualitative analysis combined with quantitative analysis) was conducted to further examine the selected articles using the data visualization software CiteSpace. The results showcased that there were currently a limited number of review types in social science disciplines. The researchers call for more effort to discover new models for writing review genres in the EFL/ESL context. This study also discusses the theoretical and practical implications. Hindawi 2022 Article PeerReviewed Zhai, Xiuwen and Razali, Abu Bakar and Sulaiman, Tajulripin (2022) Synthesis of the types and trends of review articles. Education Research International, 2022. art. no. 9431277. pp. 1-19. ISSN 2090-4002; ESSN: 2090-4010 https://www.hindawi.com/journals/edri/2022/9431277/ 10.1155/2022/9431277
spellingShingle Zhai, Xiuwen
Razali, Abu Bakar
Sulaiman, Tajulripin
Synthesis of the types and trends of review articles
title Synthesis of the types and trends of review articles
title_full Synthesis of the types and trends of review articles
title_fullStr Synthesis of the types and trends of review articles
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis of the types and trends of review articles
title_short Synthesis of the types and trends of review articles
title_sort synthesis of the types and trends of review articles
work_keys_str_mv AT zhaixiuwen synthesisofthetypesandtrendsofreviewarticles
AT razaliabubakar synthesisofthetypesandtrendsofreviewarticles
AT sulaimantajulripin synthesisofthetypesandtrendsofreviewarticles