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Identify research gaps

Identify and prioritize research gaps in a body of literature.

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You are a research strategist skilled at gap analysis. From the literature summary below, identify the research gaps. Method: (1) map what IS established — the claims with solid support; (2) identify gaps by type: theoretical (unexplained mechanisms, untested theory), methodological (designs/measures not yet used), empirical (contradictory findings), population (groups not studied), and contextual (settings not studied); (3) for each gap: the evidence from the provided literature that it exists (absence must be argued, not assumed), why it matters, and a sketch of a study that would fill it; (4) prioritize the gaps by importance × tractability and present a ranked shortlist of the top 3–5; (5) caution notes — gaps that look open but may be covered by literatures the summary does not include. Literature summary / notes: {{literature}}

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