Systematic Literature Review involves objective data collection and analysis of the literature with predefined criteria. Systematic reviews forms basis for Meta Analyses of gathered data. Unlike the general notion that systematic reviews are only used for producing high impact review research articles in the academia, the same technique can be used in the industrial domain for Patent competitive analysis, Reverse Engineering, Corporate strategy formulation, New product development, Market research etc. The peer reviews consider Systematic Literature reviews over traditional literature reviews as it is more objective with less bias making it reproducible and updatable. This Flames Research Series -01 as envisaged by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is aimed at Academic version of Systematic Literature Review. This will be followed by Industrial Systematic review as part of Flames Research Series -02.

1. Hands-on Systematic
Literature Review for High
Impact Research
Dr.Rathishchandra R. Gatti
Professor and Head,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management
gattirathish@gmail.com
Slides Made for UG Students
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2. Systematic Literature Review involves objective data collection and analysis of the literature with predefined
criteria. Systematic reviews forms basis for Meta Analyses of gathered data.
Unlike the general notion that systematic reviews are only used for producing high impact review research
articles in the academia, the same technique can be used in the industrial domain for Patent competitive
analysis, Reverse Engineering, Corporate strategy formulation, New product development, Market research
etc.
The peer reviews consider Systematic Literature reviews over traditional literature reviews as it is more
objective with less bias making it reproducible and updatable.
This Flames Research Series -01 as envisaged by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is aimed at
Academic version of Systematic Literature Review. This will be followed by Industrial Systematic review as part
of Flames Research Series -02.
Dr. Rathishchandra R. Gatti
Professor & Head,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
SCEM, MLR, INDIA
gattirathish@gmail.com
About Systematic Literature Review
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Applications
Academic
 Review Research Papers
 Introduction of original Research Papers
 Research Grant Proposals
 Consultancy Projects
Industrial
 New Product Development Decisions
 New Technology in existing product portfolio
 New Market Ventures
 New Business Ventures –Corporate Decision Making
Government
 Policy Research
 Smart City Planning
 Planning and Development

4. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Academic/Industrial R&D
Systematic Literature
Review
Meta-Analysis
MA Research
Outcomes
SR Research
Outcomes
Data in the Public
/Restricted Domain
Data specific to
criteria
 Research Papers
 New Product
Development planning
 Patent Competitive
Analysis(Landscaping)
 Pre-Analytics Reports for
Corporate Strategy
 Research Papers
 Meta Analytics
 Market Research
Reports
 Meta-Analytic Reports
for Corporate Strategy
 Policy Research
Reports
Statistical Methods
Data Processing and Formatting
 Research Papers
 Product Specs/Data
Sheets
 Patent Docs
 Company Annual Reports
Data Flow in Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis in Academic and Business Sectors
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5. Step1 : Focusing the Topic : Broad to Narrow
Step2 : Build BOOLEAN OF ANDs
Step3 : Build List of Keywords
Step4 : Build Broad to Narrow search queries
Step5 : Trial run your Search query in Search Engine (Google Scholar)
Step6 : Use the Search Engine filters to suit your research
Step7 : Download Citations and Papers
Step8 : Keep both papers and their citations as predefined folders
Step 11 : Writing and Publishing
Step 12 : Updating your Review
Step9 : Critical Appraisal of Each Paper
Step10 : Specific Data Extraction
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6. Energy Harvesting
Vibration Energy Harvesting
Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvesting
Energy Density in Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvesting
Step1 : Focusing the Topic : Broad to Narrow
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7. Step2 : Build BOOLEAN OF ANDs
Energy Harvesting Energy AND Harvesting
Vibration Energy
Harvesting Vibration AND Energy AND Harvesting
Piezoelectric
Vibration Energy
Harvesting Piezoelectric AND Vibration AND Energy AND Harvesting
Energy Density in
Piezoelectric
Vibration Energy
Harvesting
"Energy Density" AND Piezoelectric AND Vibration AND Energy
AND Harvesting
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8. Step3 : Build List of Keywords
OR OR OR OR OR
"Energy Density" "Power density" compact*
AND Piezoelectric Piezo*
AND Vibration vibration* dynamic* kinetic oscillat*
AND Energy power*
AND Harvesting scaveng* generat* harness* extract* conver*
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9. Step4 : Build Broad to Narrow search queries
(Energy OR power*) AND (Harvest* OR scaveng* OR generat* OR harness* OR
extract* OR conver*)
(vibration* OR dynamic* OR kinetic* OR oscillat*) AND (Energy OR power*)
AND (Harvest* OR scaveng* OR generat* OR harness* OR extract* OR
conver*)
(Piezoelectric AND Piezo*) AND (vibration* OR dynamic* OR kinetic* OR
oscillat*) AND (Energy OR power*) AND (Harvest* OR scaveng* OR generat*
OR harness* OR extract* OR conver*)
("Energy Density" OR "Power density"OR compact*)AND(Piezoelectric AND
Piezo*) AND (vibration* OR dynamic* OR kinetic* OR oscillat*) AND (Energy
OR power*) AND (Harvest* OR scaveng* OR generat* OR harness* OR
extract* OR conver*)
Specific
Broad
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10. Step4 : Build Broad to Narrow search queries
("Energy Density" OR "Power density“ OR
compact*)AND(Piezoelectric AND Piezo*) AND (vibration* OR
dynamic* OR kinetic* OR oscillat*) AND (Energy OR power*) AND
(Harvest* OR scaveng* OR generat* OR harness* OR extract* OR
conver*)
Super Specific Search Query
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11. Step5 : Trial run your Search query in Search Engine (Google Scholar)
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12. Step6 : Use the Search Engine filters to suit your research
You need to justify why from 2006+
You need to justify why to include Patents
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13. Step6 : Use the Search Engine filters to suit your research
Science Direct is a better search engine than google for
Systematic literature review as it has good filtering options
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14. Step6 : Use the Search Engine filters to suit your research
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15. Step7 : Download Citations and Papers
Always rename the
downloaded .ris files
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16. Step8 : Keep both papers and their citations as predefined folders
For Collaborative Research - Form a Cloud Drive(Google Drive) – avoid multiple emails back and forth (very
inefficient!)
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17. Step9 : Critical Appraisal of Each Paper
Judge each paper’s
• Trustworthiness,
• Value
• Relevance
in a particular context (Burls, 2009).
•Has the research been conducted in a way that minimises bias? (Is it trustworthy?)
•What is the impact and importance of the findings? (What is the research's value?)
•Are the results applicable to your patient/population/problem? (Is it relevant to your research question?)
Burls, A. (2009). What is critical
appraisal? http://www.bandolier.org.uk/painres/download/whatis/What_is_critical_appraisal.pdf
Source : https://libguides.csu.edu.au/systematicreviews/appraisal
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18. Useful Tools
•NVivo (CSU supported and great for qualitative data analysis)
•PSPP (Open source software)
•JASP (Open source software)
•Elamin, M. B., Flynn, D. N., Bassler, D., Briel, M., Alonso-Coello, P., Karanicolas, P. J.,
Guyatt, G. H., Malaga, G., Furukawa, T. A., & Kunz, R. (2009). Choice of data
extraction tools for systematic reviews depends on resources and review
complexity. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 62(5), 506-510.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.10.016
Step10 : Specific Data Extraction
Only extract the data that is exactly needed by your objectives . Don’t be swayed by other distractive data.
Create a data format –Table with field titles
Use data labeling where required
Test your data extraction with 10 papers before doing it for 100 papers.
Source : https://libguides.csu.edu.au/systematicreviews/appraisal
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19. Step 11 : Writing and Publishing
Step 12 : Updating your Review
In Journals, Book Series , Conference papers
If it is a pure review using Systematic review ,You need to call the paper title as “Systematic Literature Review”
In the introduction of the paper, you need to define clearly all the methodologies used in Steps1 to 7
After few years, Update your review by new edition - a new journal paper citing old journal paper and continuing
from there.
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20. THANK
YOU
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