Table 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

From: Research on flipped classrooms in foreign language teaching in Chinese higher education

Criterion

Inclusion

Exclusion

Databases

CSSCI, PKU

Other databases

Time span

2011–2021

Studies outside these dates

Language

Chinese

Other languages

Publication type

Online peer-reviewed articles

Books reviews, conference proceedings or reports, editorials

Literature focus

Articles with core themes relating to FCs in FLT in higher education in China

Articles that made a passing reference to FCs or were not related to higher education