A Profile of Practices for Reporting Systematic Reviews: A Conference Case

Gabriel Alberto García-Mireles

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-20322-0_3

A Profile of Practices for Reporting Systematic Reviews: A Conference Case

Gabriel Alberto García-Mireles^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Departamento de Matemáticas

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

Several criticisms about the quality of reporting systematic reviews (SRs) have been published and new guidelines propose to use standardized instruments to report them. To identify practices for reporting SRs, I reviewed 32 SRs published in the International Conference on Software Process Improvement (CIMPS). Well reported practices are related to the execution of the automatic database search process and the identification of selection criteria. However, issues arise related to the completeness of the search process, procedures for dealing with inconsistencies during selection, extraction, and classification of data. Besides, validity threats only are addressed by a third of SRs. As a conclusion, the identification of reporting practices can help SR authors to identify both strengths and opportunities areas for conducting and reporting SRs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	New Perspectives in Software Engineering - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Software Process Improvement CIMPS 2022
Editors	Jezreel Mejia, Mirna Muñoz, Álvaro Rocha, Víctor Hernández-Nava
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	34-49
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9783031203213
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20322-0_3
State	Published - 2023
Event	11th International Conference on Software Process Improvement, CIMPS 2022 - Acapulco, Mexico Duration: 19 Oct 2022 → 21 Oct 2022

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume	576 LNNS
ISSN (Print)	2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-3389

Conference

Conference	11th International Conference on Software Process Improvement, CIMPS 2022
Country/Territory	Mexico
City	Acapulco
Period	19/10/22 → 21/10/22

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© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

Practices for reporting systematic reviews
Systematic literature review
Systematic mapping study

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García-Mireles, G. A. (2023). A Profile of Practices for Reporting Systematic Reviews: A Conference Case. In J. Mejia, M. Muñoz, Á. Rocha, & V. Hernández-Nava (Eds.), New Perspectives in Software Engineering - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Software Process Improvement CIMPS 2022 (pp. 34-49). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 576 LNNS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20322-0_3

García-Mireles, Gabriel Alberto. / A Profile of Practices for Reporting Systematic Reviews : A Conference Case. New Perspectives in Software Engineering - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Software Process Improvement CIMPS 2022. editor / Jezreel Mejia ; Mirna Muñoz ; Álvaro Rocha ; Víctor Hernández-Nava. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. pp. 34-49 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems).

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García-Mireles, GA 2023, A Profile of Practices for Reporting Systematic Reviews: A Conference Case. in J Mejia, M Muñoz, Á Rocha & V Hernández-Nava (eds), New Perspectives in Software Engineering - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Software Process Improvement CIMPS 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 576 LNNS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 34-49, 11th International Conference on Software Process Improvement, CIMPS 2022, Acapulco, Mexico, 19/10/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20322-0_3

A Profile of Practices for Reporting Systematic Reviews: A Conference Case. / García-Mireles, Gabriel Alberto.
New Perspectives in Software Engineering - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Software Process Improvement CIMPS 2022. ed. / Jezreel Mejia; Mirna Muñoz; Álvaro Rocha; Víctor Hernández-Nava. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. p. 34-49 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 576 LNNS).

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