This workflow is for researchers who already have one or two credible papers and need to understand the surrounding literature before writing a review.
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A workflow for using one or more seed papers to build a mapped view of a research area.
This workflow is for researchers who already have one or two credible papers and need to understand the surrounding literature before writing a review.
Pick papers that are directly related to the topic, method, population, or theoretical frame.
Output: A small seed set with bibliographic details and selection reasons.
Use ResearchRabbit, Connected Papers, Litmaps, or Semantic Scholar to identify related, prior, and newer papers.
Output: A candidate map or list grouped by theme and relationship.
Read abstracts and methods to decide which papers belong in the review.
Output: Included, excluded, and uncertain papers with reasons.
Record key studies in the literature review matrix template.
Output: A structured review matrix ready for synthesis.