Linganisha mbinu

	Mapitio ya simulizi	Mapitio Muunganishi	Mapitio ya Upeo
Nyanja	Saintometriki	Saintometriki	Saintometriki
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	Pre-20th century practice; peer-reviewed methodological guidance from 2000s onward	2005 (updated methodology); roots in Cooper (1982)	2005
Mwanzilishi	Traditional academic practice; formalized discussion by Green, Johnson & Adams (2006)	Robin Whittemore & Kathleen Knafl	Hilary Arksey & Lisa O'Malley
Aina	Literature review methodology	Systematic review method	Evidence synthesis review design
Chanzo asilia	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.	Whittemore, R., & Knafl, K. (2005). The integrative review: Updated methodology. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 52(5), 546–553.	Arksey, H., & O'Malley, L. (2005). Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8(1), 19–32.
Majina mbadala	traditional review, expert review, unsystematic review, narrative synthesis	integrative literature review, integrative research review, ILR, integrative synthesis	scoping study, literature scoping, evidence mapping review, rapid evidence map
Zinazohusiana	6	6	6
Muhtasari	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.	An integrative review is a systematic method for synthesising literature that allows the simultaneous inclusion of diverse study designs — experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental — as well as theoretical papers. Unlike the conventional systematic review, which is restricted to controlled trials or a single methodology, the integrative review builds a comprehensive understanding of a phenomenon by drawing on the full breadth of the relevant evidence base. The method follows a rigorous, structured pipeline to ensure transparency and minimise bias.	A scoping review is a systematic evidence-synthesis method that maps the breadth and nature of research on a topic — identifying key concepts, evidence types, and gaps — without necessarily appraising study quality or pooling effect sizes. Developed by Arksey and O'Malley (2005) and refined by Levac and colleagues (2010), it is particularly valuable for emerging or heterogeneous fields where a full systematic review would be premature or infeasible.