Phase 2

Study Management

Move from a clean repository to defensible study selection, appraisal, extraction, and PRISMA reporting.

Screen · Assess · Extract · Track

Study Selection

Apply predefined eligibility criteria through title, abstract, and full-text screening.

Core decisions

Include, exclude, maybe, or not reviewed
Standardised exclusion reasons
Screening progress and disagreement tracking

Output: Eligible studies and documented exclusion reasons.

Quality Assessment

Evaluate methodological quality using a transparent checklist and agreed scoring rules.

Assessment areas

Research aim and design
Sampling, data collection, and analysis
Evidence, limitations, and ethics

Output: Quality score and inclusion threshold for every study.

Data Extraction

Capture consistent evidence from every included study using a structured extraction matrix.

Extraction fields

Context, country, population, and sample
Theory, model, constructs, method, and dataset
Findings, contributions, limitations, and research gaps

Output: Evidence extraction matrix ready for synthesis.

PRISMA Tracking

Maintain consistent counts across identification, screening, eligibility, and inclusion.

Tracked evidence

Records identified and duplicates removed
Records screened and excluded
Full texts assessed, excluded, and included

Output: Validated PRISMA 2020 counts and flow information.

Data Export

Prepare repository, screening, quality, extraction, and PRISMA data for analysis.

Export options

Full or filtered repository
Screening and quality decisions
Extraction matrix and PRISMA totals

Output: Analysis-ready CSV, Excel, JSON, or manuscript tables.

Project structure comes first.

Each future screening decision, score, and extraction record should be linked to a unique project ID to prevent data from different reviews being mixed.