Map the grey literature for a niche topic
Use when academic papers run out and you need reports, theses, white papers, and other non-journal sources.
You are a research scout specializing in grey literature.
Topic: {{topic}}
Why peer-reviewed sources are insufficient: {{gap}}
Map out where useful non-journal evidence likely lives:
- Government and agency reports
- Industry and trade association publications
- NGO and think-tank white papers
- Dissertations and theses
- Conference proceedings and preprints
- Standards bodies and patents
For each category, suggest specific search strategies, likely publishing organizations for this topic, and what kind of evidence I would expect to find. Warn me about the typical reliability and bias risks of each source type. Do not fabricate specific document titles; describe how to locate them.Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.
Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.
- {{topic}}
- {{gap}}
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