Research Synthesis Methods

Research Synthesis Methods is a multidisciplinary peer reviewed journal devoted to the development and dissemination of methods for designing, conducting, analyzing, interpreting, reporting, and applying systematic research synthesis. It aims to facilitate the creation and exchange of knowledge about research synthesis methods that is of general interest or utility for the many fields and disciplines in which research synthesis is undertaken or used. Research synthesis is common in the health and social sciences and many of the methods explored in this journal will apply directly to these disciplines and to their practitioners. The journals aim is to cross-fertilize these fields as well as others so as to enrich the methods of research synthesis in all scientific disciplines.The journal''''''''''''''''s scope includes all aspects of research synthesis methods irrespective of discipline or area of application. Papers may address statistical methods, empirical research and simulations, literature retrieval and information science, data extraction, software, graphics and reporting of synthesis results, issues of study quality, reporting or other systematic biases, narrative analysis and synthesis of qualitative data, synthesis of individual participant data, use of synthesis for developing practice guidelines, integration with cost effectiveness or decision analysis, comparison and integration of methods across different disciplines, techniques for application in different environments, applications that illustrate a novel methodology, or other such broadly methodological topics pertinent to conducting or using research synthesis.Papers on topics in fields such as the health and social sciences are welcome if they can also demonstrate relevance to general research synthesis. Papers reporting the results of a particular research synthesis are also not appropriate unless the focus is exclusively on an innovative or instructive methodological feature.To promote widespread dissemination that will enhance methodological innovation and synthesis practice, the articles in this journal must be accessible to a broad and interdisciplinary audience. Papers should provide sufficient explanatory context for the issue addressed to make its significance apparent, avoid specialized jargon and references that are not defined or described for nonspecialists, and discuss the implications and utility for practice of any results or conclusions.ReadershipThe journal aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge about research synthesis methods within and between the many fields and disciplines in which research synthesis is undertaken or used. The target readership is therefore practitioners, users or methodologists of synthesis of research in any scientific discipline in the natural and social sciences.Keywordsbiostatistics, meta-analysis, systematic reviews, research synthesis, technology assessment, epidemiology, evidence-based medicine, library science, evidence-based practice, evidence-based programs, diagnostic tests, clinical trials

《研究综合方法》是一本多学科的同行评议期刊，致力于设计、实施、分析、解释、报告和应用系统研究综合方法的开发和传播。它的目的是促进对进行或使用研究综合的许多领域和学科具有普遍兴趣或实用价值的研究综合方法的知识的创造和交流。研究综合在健康和社会科学中很常见，本杂志探索的许多方法将直接应用于这些学科及其从业者。这些期刊的目标是使这些领域和其他领域相互融合，从而丰富所有科学学科的研究综合方法。该期刊的范围包括研究综合方法的所有方面，而不考虑学科或应用领域。论文可能地址统计方法,实证研究和模拟,文献检索和信息科学,数据提取,软件,图形和报告的综合结果,研究质量问题,报告或其他系统的偏见,叙事定性数据的分析与综合,综合个人参与者的数据,使用合成发展实践指南,与成本效益的集成或决策分析,跨不同学科的方法的比较和集成，不同环境中的应用技术，阐明新方法的应用程序，或其他与进行或使用研究综合相关的广泛的方法学主题。如果有关卫生和社会科学等领域的主题的论文也能证明与一般研究综合相关，那么它们将受到欢迎。报告特定研究综合结果的论文也不合适，除非其重点完全集中在创新或有指导意义的方法论特征上。为了促进将加强方法学创新和综合实践的广泛传播，本杂志的文章必须面向广泛和跨学科的读者。论文应提供充分的解释上下文，使问题的重要性显而易见，避免专业术语和参考文献，没有定义或描述的非专业人士，并讨论任何结果或结论的含义和实用性的实践。读者该期刊旨在促进在进行或使用研究综合的许多领域和学科内部和之间交流有关研究综合方法的知识。因此，目标读者是自然科学和社会科学中任何科学学科综合研究的实践者、使用者或方法学家。关键字生物统计学、meta分析、系统综述、研究综合、技术评价、流行病学、循证医学、图书馆学、循证实践、循证项目、诊断试验、临床试验