Review question / Objective: The proposed review objectives are: i. To examine the characteristics of scoping reviews published in nursing journals; and ii. To evaluate the methodological and reporting quality of the scoping reviews. Eligibility criteria: Articles included in this study will be ScRs published in the nursing journals which indexed in the ISI Journal Citation Reports 2020 Science Edition. Only ScRs in English will be included. Methodology papers, commentaries, conference abstracts, or letters on ScRs will be excluded.
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