Abstract This article develops an approach to systematic literature mapping that can contribute to advancing housing knowledge and theory in three ways. At a basic level, it informs more systematic, balanced and transparent literature reviews than currently performed in housing studies. As a self-contained project, it unravels research gaps, highlights where rich evidence already exists, and indicates changing conceptual approaches. Lastly, as an opening stage to evidence reviews, it informs the review’s questions, directions and dimensions. Our approach to literature mapping systematically identifies and explores a comprehensive but non-exhaustive literature related to a broad academic or policy theme. We have adapted established methodological approaches from systematic reviews to our much broader aims and shorter timeframe. By reflecting on five projects, we detail the methodological process so that it could be replicated or adapted in future studies. Besides reflecting on the systematic and less biased retrieval of relevant literature – pertinent to any academic project – we present insights into synthesising its temporal, geographical, conceptual and thematic trends. We also reflect on some inevitable methodological challenges faced in this process of translation of aims into the narration of findings, which have a wider currency across the social sciences.

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系统文献映射的方法论探索

摘要 本文开发了一种系统文献映射方法，可以通过三种方式促进住房知识和理论的发展。在基本层面上，它提供了比目前在住房研究中进行的更系统、更平衡和更透明的文献综述。作为一个独立的项目，它揭示了研究空白，突出了已经存在丰富证据的地方，并指出了不断变化的概念方法。最后，作为证据审查的开始阶段，它告知审查的问题、方向和维度。我们的文献映射方法系统地识别和探索与广泛的学术或政策主题相关的全面但非详尽的文献。我们已经将系统评价的既定方法学方法调整为我们更广泛的目标和更短的时间范围。通过反思五个项目，我们详细说明了方法论过程，以便在未来的研究中可以复制或调整。除了对与任何学术项目相关的相关文献的系统和较少偏见的检索进行反思之外，我们还提出了综合其时间、地理、概念和主题趋势的见解。我们还反思了在将目标转化为发现叙述的过程中所面临的一些不可避免的方法论挑战，这些发现在社会科学中具有更广泛的流通性。概念和主题趋势。我们还反思了在将目标转化为发现叙述的过程中所面临的一些不可避免的方法论挑战，这些发现在社会科学中具有更广泛的流通性。概念和主题趋势。我们还反思了在将目标转化为发现叙述的过程中所面临的一些不可避免的方法论挑战，这些发现在社会科学中具有更广泛的流通性。