Chapter 1: Types and Selection of Literature Reviews
1.
outline
2.
Literature review in health and social fields
3.
Alternatives to Systematic Reviews

Chapter 2: Defining Literature Review Questions and Developing a Protocol
1.
outline
2.
Formation of a review team and advisory group
3.
Formulating the research question
4.
Development of a research protocol

Chapter 3: Designing Research Questions 41
1.
outline
2.
Defining the research question
3.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria
4.
Research Question Case Study

Chapter 4 Literature Search 59
1.
outline
2.
Literature collection sources
3.
Search strategy
4.
Gray literature search
5.
Search strategy case

Chapter 5 Literature Selection
1.
outline
2.
Merging and deduplication of literature across data sources
3.
Selection process
4.
Bibliography management
5.
Software tools for literature selection

Chapter 6 Data Extraction and Entry
1.
outline
2.
Data extraction
3.
Data entry form
4. SR&Meta data extraction and input examples

Chapter 7: Risk of Bias Assessment
1.
outline
2.
Risk of bias assessment tool
3.
How to report the results of the risk of bias assessment

Chapter 8: Synthesizing the Evidence of Quantitative Data: Narrative Synthesis
1.
outline
2.
Descriptive synthesis of quantitative data
3.
Results synthesis methods to replace meta-analysis

Chapter 9: Synthesizing Evidence from Quantitative Data: A Conceptual Understanding of Meta-Analysis
1.
outline
2.
Understanding the Concept and Decision to Perform Meta-Analysis
3.
Preparing for meta-analysis
Chapter 10: Meta-Analysis Using R I: Meta-Analysis of Continuous, Dichotomous, and Generalized Data
1.
Evidence synthesis by quantitative data type
Chapter 11: Meta-Analysis Using R II
1.
Measuring and Diagnosing Effect Size Heterogeneity
2.
Classification of heterogeneity: subgroup and meta-regression analyses
3.
Testing and adjusting for publication bias
4.
Sensitivity analysis

Chapter 12 Network Meta-Analysis
1.
outline
2.
Important concepts
3.
Presentation of analysis results
4.
Analysis method using R

Chapter 13: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Medicine
1.
Evidence-based medicine
2.
Conducting systematic literature reviews in the medical field
3.
Research cases in the medical field

Chapter 14: Using Artificial Intelligence in Systematic Literature Reviews and Meta-Analyses
1.
Literature search steps
2.
Title and abstract screening
3.
Data extraction
4.
Performing meta-analysis
5.
Quality assessment
6.
Real-world use cases
7.
Pros and Cons of Using Artificial Intelligence Technology
8.
The Role of Human Researchers

Chapter 15: Beyond Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: Researchers' Approaches to Publication Bias
1.
The proliferation and utility of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
2.
Publication bias: The Achilles' heel of systematic reviews and meta-research.
3.
Efforts to overcome publication bias
4.
The remaining problem: 'undone science'
5.
Conclusion: Researchers' Attitudes to Publication Bias

Appendix Program Installation: R Metacommands
Appendix 1.
How to download and install the R-Meta package
Appendix 2.
Meta-analysis commands for continuous, dichotomous, and generalized data using R
Appendix 3.
R stratified and subgroup meta-analysis commands