Citational tracing of relevant databases adds few overlooked studies to a review.

Evidence

In a final step, we applied the ancestry approach in systematic reviews (Cooper, 1982; Mullen, 2003; Siess et al., 2014; Rockwood and Nathan-Roberts, 2018), which maps relevant publications that were referenced in these 73 publications. The ancestry approach only revealed seven additional (peer-reviewed) studies, bringing the total to 80. — Didier Caluwaerts et al., Deliberation and Polarization, 35

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Painstaking paper research methods rival what databases now achieve quickly — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 730; Comparing published and unpublished studies tests whether reporting bias inflates effects. — Thomas F. Pettigrew, Linda R. Tropp, A Meta-Analytic Test of Intergroup…, 109; A single 1874 verbaal cited twenty-four prior documents as citational genealogy — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 93 (+1 more)

Broader Connections