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Evidence Synthesis, Systematic Review Services : Adapting Systematic Review Methods

Can an evidence synthesis or systematic review be conducted as an independent (solo) project or dissertation?

While conducting a rigorous evidence synthesis or systematic review is neither a solo endeavor nor suitable as a class project within the confines of a semester, the methods described in this guide--from developing a protocol to searching and synthesizing the research literature--can help to ensure that one's review of the literature is comprehensive, transparent, and reproducible.

It is also important to recognize that a systematic review as a literature review type may not necessarily satisfy criteria for dissertation (capstone or thesis) research in a discipline given expectations for what constitutes independent scholarship. 

Given that, your review type, then, may be better described as a 'structured literature review', a 'systematized search and review', or a 'systematized scoping (or integrative or mapping) review'.