Research Synthesis Methods
Overview
Research Synthesis Methods is a scholarly journal that focuses on the development and application of innovative methods for synthesizing research findings. It provides a platform for researchers to share their expertise in systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and other synthesis approaches, fostering advancements in evidence-based decision-making across various disciplines.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Res Synth Methods
Start
2010
End
Continuing
Frequency
Quarterly
p-ISSN
1759-2879
e-ISSN
1759-2887
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 5296
68
SJR / Ranks: 456
3520
CiteScore / Ranks: 661
14.60
JIF / Ranks: 471
9.8
Recent Articles
1.
Shimonovich M, Thomson H, Pearce A, Katikireddi S
Res Synth Methods
. 2024 Nov;
15(6):826-838.
PMID: 39506911
Background: Bradford Hill (BH) viewpoints are widely used to assess causality in systematic reviews, but their application has often lacked reproducibility. We describe an approach for assessing causality within systematic...
2.
Boonpattharatthiti K, Ruenin G, Kulwong P, Lueawattanasakul J, Saechao C, Pitak P, et al.
Res Synth Methods
. 2024 Oct;
15(6):1161-1174.
PMID: 39444265
Psychological interventions are complex in nature and have been shown to benefit various clinical outcomes. Gaining insight into current practices would help identify specific aspects that need improvement to enhance...
3.
Van Lissa C, Clapper E, Kuiper R
Res Synth Methods
. 2024 Oct;
15(6):1231-1243.
PMID: 39444239
The product Bayes factor (PBF) synthesizes evidence for an informative hypothesis across heterogeneous replication studies. It can be used when fixed- or random effects meta-analysis fall short. For example, when...
4.
Puljak L, Babic A, Barcot O, Poklepovic Pericic T
Res Synth Methods
. 2024 Oct;
15(6):1246-1247.
PMID: 39444234
No abstract available.
5.
Konig L, Zitzmann S, Futterer T, Campos D, Scherer R, Hecht M
Res Synth Methods
. 2024 Oct;
15(6):1120-1146.
PMID: 39412090
Several AI-aided screening tools have emerged to tackle the ever-expanding body of literature. These tools employ active learning, where algorithms sort abstracts based on human feedback. However, researchers using these...
6.
Pachanov A, Munte C, Hirt J, Pieper D
Res Synth Methods
. 2024 Oct;
15(6):1147-1160.
PMID: 39403860
While geographic search filters exist, few of them are validated and there are currently none that focus on Germany. We aimed to develop and validate a highly sensitive geographic search...
7.
Davies A, Ades A, Higgins J
Res Synth Methods
. 2024 Oct;
15(6):1072-1093.
PMID: 39357992
Quantitative evidence synthesis methods aim to combine data from multiple medical trials to infer relative effects of different interventions. A challenge arises when trials report continuous outcomes on different measurement...
8.
Tian Y, Yang X, Doi S, Furuya-Kanamori L, Lin L, Kwong J, et al.
Res Synth Methods
. 2024 Sep;
15(6):1111-1119.
PMID: 39327803
RobotReviewer is a tool for automatically assessing the risk of bias in randomized controlled trials, but there is limited evidence of its reliability. We evaluated the agreement between RobotReviewer and...
9.
Chandler C, Proskorovsky I
Res Synth Methods
. 2024 Sep;
15(6):1094-1110.
PMID: 39323097
In health technology assessment, matching-adjusted indirect comparison (MAIC) is the most common method for pairwise comparisons that control for imbalances in baseline characteristics across trials. One of the primary challenges...
10.
Tu Y, Lai P, Huang Y, Hodges J
Res Synth Methods
. 2024 Sep;
15(6):1175-1182.
PMID: 39313479
Network meta-analysis (NMA) incorporates all available evidence into a general statistical framework for comparing multiple treatments. Standard NMAs make three major assumptions, namely homogeneity, similarity, and consistency, and violating these...