‘Clarity bordering on stupidity’: where’s the quality in systematic review?

By M. MacLure. 2005

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Teachers’ funds of knowledge: a challenge to evidence-based practice (2012, background): “However, queries have been raised about the nature, quality, veracity, interpretation and use of research evidence included in best evidence syntheses and systematic reviews, and whether particular research has been privileged (MacLure, 2005; Penn & Lloyd, 2006, 2007; Thomas, 2004).”
On being ‘systematic’ in literature reviews in IS (2015, methodology): “It is indeed puzzling that SLRs and their claims in the IS discipline have not been scrutinized especially given growing concerns and criticism of both SLRs and the evidence-based movement in management (Morrell, 2008), information science (Hjorland, 2011), education (MacLure, 2005) and nursing (San”
The offence of theory (2010, background): “Without theory it would be difficult to counter the common-sensical appeal and the pedestrian contributions to knowledge of audit-driven approaches such as evidence-based practice and systematic review (MacLure 2005).”
Systematicity in Organizational Research Literature Reviews: A Framework and Assessment (2021, background): “More broadly, systematicity without mindfulness may have corrosive effects by overly regulating the interpretation and presentation of studies in a review (MacLure, 2005).”
Creative Learning Environments in Education--A Systematic Literature Review. (2013, background): “The approach has been criticised as taking a reductionist perspective on research evidence, potentially leading to limited ﬁndings (MacLure, 2005), though the recent trend towards including robust qualitative – in addition to quantitative – studies (Higgins & Green, 2009) has gone some way towards…”
Time to challenge the spurious hierarchy of systematic over narrative reviews? (2018, background): “A narrative review is a scholarly summary along with interpretation and critique.(26) It can be conducted using a number of distinctive methodologies.”