Authors
1 Associate Professor, Educational Planning, Health Management and Economics Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2 MSc Student, Student Research Committee, Health Services Management, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3 BSc, Medical Library and Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Abstract
Studies can be found in two groups of primary and secondary studies. Review articles are the
most important secondary studies in which the researcher comprehensively surveys published
articles in a specific field. However, the deep gap between scientific evidence is an undeniable
fact that is probably caused by the large volume of publications. Reviewing such a wide variety
of publications would definitely be time-consuming. Therefore, a high-quality review article
related to a specific question would help improve quality of your research while reducing the
amount of time spent. Review articles compress a large volume of information to a
comprehensible format and thus facilitate the advancement of science. Using review article is
necessary because of bombardment of information, weak studies, inconsistencies in the results of
studies, loss of time and money, losing time and money, and research needs assessment. This
review article tried to represent guidelines for types, content, and structure of writing standard
review articles. According to the available literature, review articles do not have an organized
structure and are non-uniform. Researchers are recommended to use an appropriate structure
based on the field of their study.
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