Literature Reviews in HCI: A Review of Reviews
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2023
Author(s)
Evropi Stefanidi
;
Marit Bentvelzen
;
Paweł W. Woźniak
;
Thomas Kosch
;
Mikołaj P. Woźniak
;
Thomas Mildner
;
Stefan Schneegass
;
Heiko Müller
;
Abstract
This paper analyses Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) literature reviews to provide a clear conceptual basis for authors, reviewers, and readers. HCI is multidisciplinary and various types of literature reviews exist, from systematic to critical reviews in the style of essays. Yet, there is insufcient consensus of what to expect of literature reviews in HCI. Thus, a shared understanding of literature reviews and clear terminology is needed to plan, evaluate, and use literature reviews, and to further improve review methodology. We analysed 189 literature reviews published at all SIGCHI conferences and ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI) up until August 2022. We report on the main dimensions of variation: (i) contribution types and topics; and (ii) structure and methodologies applied. We identify gaps and trends to inform future meta work in HCI and provide a starting point on how to move towards a more comprehensive terminology system of literature reviews in HCI. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI); HCI theory, concepts and models.
Keywords
literature review
meta review
meta-analysis
literature survey
method
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