ABSTRACTBackgroundBeing a global profession, having evolved differently across different geographical areas, and with increasing global migration, nursing is well positioned to undertake comparative research to facilitate understanding and identify areas for development. Despite this, little is known about comparative research use in nursing, and there is little guidance for researchers on how to approach it. With increasingly sophisticated approaches, there is a need to understand how comparative analysis is currently being used.ObjectiveTo review nursing research using comparative analysis as a methodology, specifically exploring approaches employed and topics examined.MethodsA scoping review of published nursing research was conducted using Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Proquest Central, Medline, and Directory of Open Access Journals, with no defined time limits applied and where ‘comparative analysis’ appeared in the manuscript title. Findings are reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews.ResultsThe search yielded 324 records from which 101 were included in the final review aft
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