What Makes a Good Critical Literature Review Paper?

Literature review papers are highly influential in directing academic discourse, not only because they map the state of the art in a subject area, but also because they show future research prospects by identifying weaknesses, limitations, and gaps in the extant body of knowledge on a particular subject. A critical literature review paper is, therefore, a self-standing academic piece of work that seeks to review the literature on a particular subject or theme using a critical-thinking approach. Analysis A good critical literature review paper will perform a rigorous analysis of the evidence base, i.e., the body of literature on the subject: what specific topics have been studied?. [Extracted from the article]