A literature review is an examination of the published information about a topic. In general, a literature review focuses on scholarly articles, books and relevant sources that describe the ideas, theories, and other studies that have been conducted in a particular area.
Systematic reviews and meta-analysis are also considered types of literature reviews, but they employ a more structured methodology for the selection and evaluation of sources. Check below for more information on these two types of reviews.
Ali, O., Abdelbaki, W., Shrestha, A., Elbasi, E., Alryalat, M. A. A., & Dwivedi, Y. K. (2023). A systematic literature review of artificial intelligence in the healthcare sector: Benefits, challenges, methodologies, and functionalities. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 8(1), 100333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2023.100333
Secinaro, S., Calandra, D., Secinaro, A., Muthurangu, V., & Biancone, P. (2021). The role of artificial intelligence in healthcare: a structured literature review. BMC Medical Informatics & Decision Making, 21(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-021-01488-9
Khanra, S., Dhir, A., Islam, N., & Mäntymäki, M. (2020). Big data analytics in healthcare: a systematic literature review. Enterprise Information Systems, 14(7), 878–912. https://doi.org/10.1080/17517575.2020.1812005
The primary goal of research papers is to advance the knowledge in a specific area, usually by developing a new argument or hypothesis. They usually have a literature review, but the main focus is to present a new idea or the results of a particular investigation. On the other hand, literature review articles focus on summarizing and synthetizing information that has already been published. They can include a critical evaluation of each work, but they don't focus on adding new ideas to a subject area and do not use a specific argument or hypothesis.
A literature review provides an overview of a particular topic, summarizing and synthetizing information from several sources. Its structure follows the flow of ideas in the text, and you may find several sources cited within one paragraph. An annotated bibliography is a list of citations usually in alphabetical order, and each citation is followed by a brief description and evaluation (annotation).
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