Depraetere et al - Critical interpretive synthesis: An assessment of reporting practices

Abstract

The importance of the Critical Interpretive Synthesis (CIS) to systematically review quantitative and qualitative research results, and to critically develop new theory is increasingly recognized, as evidenced by the recent increase in published review articles applying CIS. This paper seeks to determine the extent to which published CIS reviews are transparent in describing their methodological decisions. We analysed 77 CIS review articles published between 2006 and 2018. Overall, our findings indicate that reporting practices of CIS key features in extant reviews are still far from optimal. We recommend that authors better document their CIS design to increase transparency of their study and suggest to develop a uniform reporting standard for CIS reviews to assist authors, journal editors, and reviewers in their evaluation of the scientific quality of CIS studies. The list of key features identified in this study could serve as an initial framework to augment reporting standards of CIS.

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