The incomplete scope of scoping reviews: A framework for improving the quality of reporting

Most authors report their scoping reviews according to the first five stages, omitting the optional sixth step. In our work as an editor for this journal (CB-J) and guest editor for a special issue on literature reviews (HA), we have reviewed numerous, probably hundreds of submitted scoping reviews. While preparing this editorial we reviewed data for manuscripts submitted to JCN for the period July 2020-July 2021. Within this twelve-month...