Scoping search and results
| Searches | String | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search 1 | “Social innovation” AND (“social policy” OR “public policy” OR polic* OR welfare OR reform) | 8.233 sources | This result was too broad The group of keywords related to “polic*” was isolated from “welfare OR reform” |
| Search 2 | “Social innovation” AND (“social policy” OR “public policy” OR polic*) AND (welfare OR reform) | 2.740 sources | The search was refined but lacked sensitivity The keyword “polic*” was isolated from all the others The search was also refined using the option “anywhere except full text”, as the phrase “social innovation” is used quite often in texts, which are not related to the research topic |
| Search 3 | All (“social innovation” AND polic* AND (social OR public OR welfare OR reform)) | 1.168 sources | The result was still too broad and still lacked specificity The search was narrowed within the confines of the abstract and title to increase specificity |
| Search 4 | Ab (“social innovation” AND polic* AND (social OR public OR welfare OR reform)) | 321 sources | Newspapers, Wire feed, Magazine and Trade Journal were excluded to narrow the results and include only academic literature (including journal articles, reports, working papers) |
| Search 5 | Ab (“social innovation” AND polic* AND (social OR public OR welfare OR reform)) | 200 sources | Acceptable result. |
| Searches | String | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search 1 | “Social innovation” AND (“social policy” OR “public policy” OR polic* OR welfare OR reform) | 8.233 sources | This result was too broad |
| Search 2 | “Social innovation” AND (“social policy” OR “public policy” OR polic*) AND (welfare OR reform) | 2.740 sources | The search was refined but lacked sensitivity |
| Search 3 | All (“social innovation” AND polic* AND (social OR public OR welfare OR reform)) | 1.168 sources | The result was still too broad and still lacked specificity |
| Search 4 | Ab (“social innovation” AND polic* AND (social OR public OR welfare OR reform)) | 321 sources | Newspapers, Wire feed, Magazine and Trade Journal were excluded to narrow the results and include only academic literature (including journal articles, reports, working papers) |
| Search 5 | Ab (“social innovation” AND polic* AND (social OR public OR welfare OR reform)) | 200 sources | Acceptable result. |
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