| Types of articles | Number and % of papers | Design of articles | Numbers of papers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 38 | 28.2% | Discussion paper | 31 |
| Theoretical paper | 4 | |||
| Position paper | 2 | |||
| Philosophical paper | 1 | |||
| Qualitative research | 27 | 20% | Descriptive | 13 |
| Phenomenological/hermeneutic | 4 | |||
| Grounded theory approach | 2 | |||
| Concept analysis | 2 | |||
| Discourse analysis | 2 | |||
| Case study | 2 | |||
| Ethnography | 1 | |||
| Feminist critique | 1 | |||
|
Literature study |
25 | 18.5% | Literature review | 15 |
| Systematic review | 10 | |||
| Quantitative research | 24 | 17.8% | Descriptive | 17 |
| Quasi‐experiment | 3 | |||
| Before‐after analysis | 3 | |||
| Meta‐analysis | 1 | |||
| Practical report | 20 | 14.8% | 20 | |
| Mixed method | 1 | 0.7% | 1 | |
aTwo papers have duplicative research design.