TY - JOUR U1 - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel A1 - Kraus, Sascha A1 - Breier, Matthias A1 - Lim, Weng Marc A1 - Dabic, Marina A1 - Kumar, Satish A1 - Kanbach, Dominik K. A1 - Mukherjee, Debmalya A1 - Corvello, Vincenzo A1 - Piñeiro-Chousa, Juan A1 - Liguori, Eric A1 - Palacios Marqués, Daniel A1 - Schiavone, Francesco A1 - Ferraris, Alberto A1 - Fernandes, Cristina A1 - Ferreira, João J. T1 - Literature reviews as independent studies BT - guidelines for academic practice JF - Review of managerial science : RMS N2 - Review articles or literature reviews are a critical part of scientific research. While numerous guides on literature reviews exist, these are often limited to the philosophy of review procedures, protocols, and nomenclatures, triggering non-parsimonious reporting and confusion due to overlapping similarities. To address the aforementioned limitations, we adopt a pragmatic approach to demystify and shape the academic practice of conducting literature reviews. We concentrate on the types, focuses, considerations, methods, and contributions of literature reviews as independent, standalone studies. As such, our article serves as an overview that scholars can rely upon to navigate the fundamental elements of literature reviews as standalone and independent studies, without getting entangled in the complexities of review procedures, protocols, and nomenclatures. KW - Literature reviews KW - Bibliometrics KW - Meta analysis KW - Methods KW - Contributions Y1 - 2022 SN - 1863-6691 SS - 1863-6691 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-022-00588-8 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-022-00588-8 VL - 16 SP - [19] S1 - [19] ER -