Many guiding articles on literature reviews exist, but few have delivered an authoritative protocol that researchers can rely upon with clarity and confidence. To commemorate the inaugural annual special issue on systematic literature reviews in the International Journal of Consumer Studies, the editors have pooled their expertize and experience of authoring, editing, and reviewing literature reviews to develop a rigorous review protocol—that is, the Scientific Procedures and Rationales for Systematic Literature Reviews (SPAR-4-SLR) protocol—that researchers can rely upon to guide and justify decisions in systematic literature reviews. Using an interrogative approach, the editors begin with a discussion of the “what,” “why,” “when,” “where,” “who,” and “how” of systematic literature reviews. The editors conclude with systematic literature review exemplars in the inaugural special issue.

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系统文献综述的科学程序和原理 (SPAR-4-SLR)

存在许多关于文献综述的指导性文章，但很少提供研究人员可以清晰和自信地依赖的权威协议。为纪念《国际消费者研究杂志》系统文献评论的首期年度特刊，编辑们汇集了他们在撰写、编辑和审查文献评论方面的专业知识和经验，制定了严格的审查协议——即科学程序和系统文献综述的基本原理( SPAR-4-SLR)) 协议——研究人员可以依靠它来指导和证明系统文献综述中的决定。编辑使用询问的方法，首先讨论系统文献综述的“什么”、“为什么”、“何时”、“何地”、“谁”和“如何”。编辑在首期特刊中以系统的文献综述范例作为结尾。