… This manuscript, the R package and the Shiny App were conceived and drafted by Neal
Haddaway. Substantial code improvements were made by Luke McGuiness and Chris Pritchard. …

Rigorous evidence identification is essential for systematic reviews and meta‐analyses (evidence
syntheses) because the sample selection of relevant studies determines a review's …

… in Additional files accompanying the systematic map described in Haddaway et al. [37]. …
Table 1 Critical appraisal criteria for five domains used in the systematic map by Haddaway …

… Increasingly, researchers are using academic citation search engines to find information (Haddaway,
unpublished data). Academic citation search engines appear to represent an …

Assessing global progress on human adaptation to climate change is an urgent priority.
Although the literature on adaptation to climate change is rapidly expanding, little is known …

Systematic mapping was developed in social sciences in response to a lack of empirical data
when answering questions using systematic review methods, and a need for a method to …

Reliable synthesis of the various rapidly expanding bodies of evidence is vital for the process
of evidence-informed decision-making in environmental policy, practice and research. With …

Review articles can provide valuable summaries of the ever‐increasing volume of primary
research in conservation biology. Where findings may influence important resource‐allocation …

Systematic searching aims to find all possibly relevant research from multiple sources, the
basis for an unbiased and comprehensive evidence base. Along with bibliographic databases…

Systematic reviews and systematic maps represent powerful tools to identify, collect, evaluate
and summarise primary research pertinent to a specific research question or topic in a …