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	Metodologia della Scoping Review	Revisione Narrativa	Metodologia di Revisione Rapida
Campo	Sintesi delle evidenze	Scientometria	Sintesi delle evidenze
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	2005	Pre-20th century practice; peer-reviewed methodological guidance from 2000s onward	2012
Ideatore	Arksey & O'Malley (2005), Extended by JBI (2020) and PRISMA-ScR (2018)	Traditional academic practice; formalized discussion by Green, Johnson & Adams (2006)	Khangura et al. (2012), Codified by Cochrane Rapid Reviews (2020)
Tipo	Framework	Literature review methodology	Framework
Fonte seminale	Arksey, H., & O'Malley, L. (2005). Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8(1), 19–32.	Green, B. N., Johnson, C. D., & Adams, A. (2006). Writing narrative literature reviews for peer-reviewed journals: secrets of the trade. Journal of Chiropractic Medicine, 5(3), 101–117.	Garritty, C., Gartlehner, G., Nussbaumer-Streit, B., et al. (2021). Cochrane Rapid Reviews interim guidance on methodological considerations for expedited reviews of interventions. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 130, 13–21.
Alias	Scoping Review, Scoping Study, Scope of the Field	traditional review, expert review, unsystematic review, narrative synthesis	Rapid Evidence Synthesis, Expedited Review, Fast-Track Systematic Review
Correlati	2	6	1
Sintesi	A scoping review is a structured, transparent literature mapping method that identifies and synthesizes evidence across a defined topic without formally assessing study quality or generating pooled effect estimates. Developed by Arksey and O'Malley (2005) and refined by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) and PRISMA-ScR (2018), scoping reviews answer 'what evidence exists and in what forms' rather than 'what does the evidence conclude'—making them ideal for charting emerging fields, knowledge gaps, and the scope of a literature base before conducting a systematic review or as a standalone rapid knowledge synthesis.	A narrative review is a broad, author-directed synthesis of published literature on a topic, written to summarize, interpret, and contextualize existing knowledge without following the rigorous, pre-registered search and selection protocols that characterize systematic reviews. It draws on the author's expertise to weave disparate sources into a coherent account that identifies themes, debates, and directions for future research.	A rapid review is a systematic synthesis method that accelerates the evidence review process by streamlining or omitting certain systematic review steps while maintaining transparent, reproducible methodology. Pioneered by Khangura et al. (2012) and codified by the Cochrane Collaboration (2020), rapid reviews answer urgent policy or clinical questions in weeks to months rather than 12-18 months required by full systematic reviews. Methodological shortcuts—such as single screening of borderline studies, abbreviated search strategies, or limiting study designs—trades some rigor for speed. Rapid reviews are increasingly vital in responding to public health emergencies (pandemics, environmental crises) and evolving clinical practice questions where waiting for a full systematic review is not feasible.