Step by Step Approach to Systematic Literature Review (SLR) Journal Paper [ First Time Author’s Research Navigator]

1. Step by Step Approach
Systematic Literature Review
(SLR)
Journal Paper
[ First Time Author’s Research Navigator]
Dr.Ravi Saripalle
Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering
Visakhapatnam

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IMPORTANCE
Job Credibility
Clear and Comprehensive
overview of available
evidence on a “Given Topic”
Able to Identify “Research
Gaps” and Convert them to
“Research Questions”
Documentation
Skills
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DATABASES AND KEY STEPS
1. Choose your “Area of Interest”
2. Identify “Key Words” associated to your “Area of Interest” ( Couple of Words to a
Single Declarative problem statement). For e.g. “Tracking of vehicles using GPS”
3. You need to “Search Key Words” in the Databases mentioned above as well as Google
Free Search
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STEP 1: IEEE SEARCH
1. Go to http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp
2. Click “Advanced Search”
3. Select “Full Text & Metadata”
4. Type your Key Word or Words
5. Select Content Types as Conference Publications, Journals & Magazines & Early Access Articles
6. Select Download Citations Link, Select CSV, Citation & Abstract and Click Download. Save Excel
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STEP 2: ACM SEARCH
1. Go to http://dl.acm.org/
2. Select “Advanced Search”
3. Click (+) to add more text boxes. Type your Key Words and Click Search
4. Export Results: bibtex | endnote | acmref | csv- Click “CSV” and Download
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STEP 3: SPRINGER SEARCH
1. Go to http://link.springer.com
2. Type Your Key Word and Click Search
3. Left Side-Select Content Type (Deselect “Chapter”)
4. Right Hand Side - Click Download Search Results and Save CSV file
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STEP 4: ScienceDirect SEARCH
1. Go to http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/search
2. Type Your Key Words
3. Select Years (1950-2020) and Search
4. Select Export File (Text and Content- Citations and abstracts)
5. Click Export
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STEP 5: WILEY ONLINE SEARCH
1. Go to http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/advanced/search
2. Enter Key Words and Search
3. Click Select all
4. Click Export Citation; Click Format Plain Text, Select Citation + Abstract
5. Export
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CONSOLIDATE RESULTS
1. Consolidate all Search Results; Develop “CODE BOOK” using Excel
2. CODE BOOK Typical Columns: 1)Serial No 2)Database Name 3)Board Theme of the Paper
4)Your Main Topic Relevant/Not 5)Next Level Topic Relevant or not 6)Key terms Used in the Paper
7)Author Keywords 8)Document Title 9)Abstract 10)Document Identifier 11)Year 12)Authors
13)Author Affiliations 14)Publication Title 15)Volume 16)Issue
3. Add more Columns as it is relevant
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CODE BOOK (HOW IT LOOKS LIKE)
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START WRITING PAPER
1. Use following Published Papers as your Templates
2. Methodology, Flow and Language can be Emulated
I. http://52.172.159.94/index.php/indjst/article/view/103784/76879 (Article Name: The Factors Driving Testing
in DevOps Setting- A Systematic Literature Survey, Authors : Jayasri Angara, Srinivas Prasad and Gutta Sridevi)
II. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286662217_Research_trends_on_software_requirement_prioritiza
tion (Article Name: Research Trends on Software Requirement Prioritization, Authors: Rahul Thakurta )
III. http://worldcomp-proceedings.com/proc/p2013/SER3070.pdf (Article Name : Research Trends and Open
Issues in Mobile Application Software Engineering: Authors: Mark Rowan and Josh Dehlinger)
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TEMPLATE
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PUBLISH TO JOURNAL
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14. Director, Center for Innovation and Incubation
Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering, Vizag
Founder, Inspire to Innovate Storytelling Movement
About Author
Dr Ravi Saripalle
22 Years of Consulting, IT Program Management, Mentoring, Pre- Sales, Research, and
Innovation and Incubation Process. Prior to this, Worked for Wipro and served
Microsoft, JP Morgan, Charles Schwab, FedEx, etc.
Email :saripalle.ravi@gmail.com
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