Key concepts in your research question
To find matching studies for your research question, you need to identify the keywords in your question. In the next step, you will think of synonyms and alternative words that describe the same concepts.
During this process you gather keywords by searching, screening, and skimming through articles. This will give you a good picture of which terms are used within your research field. This also gives you an idea of whether there are enough articles to compile into a literature review.
Example of a research question
Below is an example of how the key concepts of a research question are processed into synonyms and related terms.
