{
  "abstract": "Introduction Scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps (collectively known as ‘big picture reviews’) in health continue to gain popularity within the evidence ecosystem. These big-picture reviews are beneficial for policy-makers, guideline developers and researchers within the field of health for understanding the available evidence, characteristics, concepts and research gaps, which are often needed to support the development of policies, guidelines and practice. However, these reviews often face criticism related to poor and inconsistent methodological conduct and reporting. There is a need to understand which areas of these reviews require further methodological clarification and exploration. The aim of this project is to develop a research agenda for scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps in health by identifying and prioritising specific research questions related to methodological uncertainties.Methods and analysis A modified e-Delphi process will be adopted. Participants (anticipated N=100) will include patients, clinicians, the public, researchers and others invested in creating a strategic research agenda for these reviews. This Delphi will be completed in four consecutive stages, including a survey collecting the methodological uncertainties for each of the big picture reviews, the development of research questions based on that survey and two further surveys and four workshops to prioritise the research questions.Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the University of Adelaide Human Research Ethics Committee (H-2024-188). The results will be communicated through open-access peer-reviewed publications and conferences. Videos and infographics will be developed and placed on the JBI (previously Joanna Briggs Institute) Scoping Review Network webpage.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Health Evidence Synthesis, Recommendations and Impact (HESRI), The University of Adelaide School of Public Health, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Danielle Pollock"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Health Evidence Synthesis, Recommendations and Impact (HESRI), The University of Adelaide School of Public Health, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Sabira Hasanoff"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Health Evidence Synthesis, Recommendations and Impact (HESRI), The University of Adelaide School of Public Health, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Grace McBride"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Health Evidence Synthesis, Recommendations and Impact (HESRI), The University of Adelaide School of Public Health, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Raju Kanukula"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Knowledge Translation Program, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada",
        "Epidemiology Division, University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada",
        "Queen’s Collaboration for Health Care Quality, JBI Centre of Excellence, Queen’s University School of Nursing, Kingston, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Andrea C Tricco"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Rural and Indigenous Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Hanan Khalil"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Fiona Campbell"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "The University of Adelaide JBI, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Romy Menghao Jia"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Scottish Centre for Evidence-based, Multi-professional Practice: a JBI Centre of Excellence. School of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK",
        "Robert Gordon University Scottish Centre for Evidence-Based Multi-Professional Practice, Aberdeen, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Lyndsay Alexander"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Health Evidence Synthesis, Recommendations and Impact (HESRI), The University of Adelaide School of Public Health, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia",
        "University of South Australia Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia",
        "The University of Adelaide Adelaide Nursing School, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia",
        "The Danish Centre of Systematic Reviews, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark"
      ],
      "name": "Micah Peters"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, Ontario, Canada",
        "META Group, Montreal Behavioural Medicine Centre, Montreal, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Ariany Marques Vieira"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "The University of Adelaide JBI, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Edoardo Aromataris"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Science for All, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia",
        "Cochrane Collaboration Consumer Network, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Jack Nunn"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Evaluation and Evidence Synthesis, Global Development Network, New Delhi, India"
      ],
      "name": "Ashrita Saran"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK",
        "The Nottingham Centre for Evidence Based Healthcare, University of Nottingham Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Nottingham, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Catrin Evans"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Queen’s Collaboration for Health Care Quality: A JBI Centre of Excellence, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Christina Godfrey"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Institute for Health Services and Health System Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brandenburg Medical School (Theodor Fontane), Rüdersdorf, Germany",
        "Center for Health Services Research, Brandenburg Medical School (Theodor Fontane), Rüdersdorf, Germany"
      ],
      "name": "Dawid Pieper"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Nursing Fundamentals and Administration, Federal Fluminense University School of Nursing, Niteroi, Brazil",
        "Brazilian Centre for Evidence-based Healthcare Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, Sao Paulo, Brazil"
      ],
      "name": "Érica Brandao de Moraes"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Galway School of Nursing and Midwifery, Galway, Ireland",
        "Evidence Synthesis Ireland, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland",
        "Cochrane Ireland, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland"
      ],
      "name": "Linda Biesty"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Heather Colquhoun"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University of Galway School of Nursing and Midwifery, Galway, Ireland",
        "Evidence Synthesis Ireland, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland",
        "Cochrane Ireland, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland",
        "Centre for Health Research Methodology, University of Galway School of Nursing and Midwifery, Galway, Ireland"
      ],
      "name": "Declan Devane"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centre for Health Research Methodology, University of Galway School of Nursing and Midwifery, Galway, Ireland",
        "Insitute for Clinical Trials, University of Galway College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Galway, Ireland"
      ],
      "name": "Elaine Toomey"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, School of Population Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland"
      ],
      "name": "Barbara Clyne"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Adelaide Health Simulation, The University of Adelaide Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Ellen Davies"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Health Evidence Synthesis, Recommendations and Impact (HESRI), The University of Adelaide School of Public Health, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Zachary Munn"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Prioritising methodological research questions for scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps for health research: a protocol for PROSPECT Delphi study",
  "uid": "1ca86ccc-99ca-5340-9040-dec5f3423348"
}