Responsible Conduct of Research: Assessing Compliance with Core Ethical Norms Among Postgraduate Researchers in African Universities. A systematic Literature Review

PRISMA 2020 flow diagram for updated systematic reviews on Responsible Conduct of Research: Assessing Compliance with Core Ethical Norms Among Postgraduate Researchers in African Universities. Records identified from*: Databases (n =2000 ) Registers (n =287) Records removed before screening: Duplicate records removed (n =500 ) Records marked as ineligible by automation tools (n =400 ) Records removed for other reasons (n =24 ) Records screened (n =1,923) Records excluded** (n = 1706) Reports sought for retrieval (n =217 ) Reports not retrieved (n = 117) Reports assessed for eligibility (n = 100) Reports excluded: Reason 1 (n =50 ) Reason 2 (n =50 ) Reason 3 (n =17 ) Records identified from: Websites (n =100 ) Organisations (n =100 ) Citation searching (n =17 ) etc. Reports assessed for eligibility (n =100 ) Reports excluded: Reason 1 (n =10 ) Reason 2 (n =20 ) Reason 3 (n =12 ) New studies included in review (n =50) Reports of new included studies (n =8 ) Identification of new studies via databases and registers Identification of new studies via other methods Identification Screening Included Total studies included in review (n =35 ) Reports of total included studies (n =35 ) Studies included in previous version of review (n =2,847) Reports of studies included in previous version of review (n = 2,847) Previous studies Reports sought for retrieval (n =217 ) Reports not retrieved (n =100 )