Meta-research in pharmacy: Time for a look in the mirror

“…As the topics explored within meta-research are broad, to better categorize meta-research efforts, it has been proposed that the discipline be divided into the following themes: methods (how research is performed, e.g., study design, analytic approaches, research ethics), reporting (how research is communicated, e.g., reporting standards, information sharing, conflict of interest reporting), replicability and reproducibility (how research is verified or replicated, e.g., methods of data sharing, efforts to reproduce previous studies), evaluation (how research is evaluated, e.g., peer review, funding criteria, research impact), incentives (how research is rewarded or supported, e.g., promotion criteria, developing research capacity), and organization (how research is organized or categorized, e.g., research categorization, interactions between disciplines) [ 16 ]. The questions found in meta-research are often answered with many of the same methods used to address other scientific inquiries, whether it be through experimentation, observation, or literature synthesis.…”

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Recognizing the value of meta-research and making it easier to find

Stevens,

Laynor

2023

jmla

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Meta-research is a bourgeoning field studying topics with significant relevance to health sciences librarianship, such as research reproducibility, peer review, and open access. As a discipline that studies research itself and the practices of researchers, meta-research spans disciplines and encompasses a broad spectrum of topics and methods. The breadth of meta-research presents a significant challenge for identifying published meta-research studies. Introducing a subject heading for meta-research in the controlled vocabularies of literature databases has the potential to increase the visibility of meta-research, further advance the field, and expand its impact on research practices. Given the relatively recent designation of meta-research as a field and its expanding use as a term, now is the time to develop appropriate indexing vocabulary. We seek to call attention to the value of meta-research for health sciences librarianship, describe the challenges of identifying meta-research literature with currently available key terms, and highlight the need to establish controlled vocabulary specific to meta-research.

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“…While this call to action focuses primarily on one theme of meta‐research (how research is supported), the topics explored within meta‐research are broad. To better categorize meta‐research efforts, the discipline has been proposed to be divided into the following themes: methods (how research is performed, e.g., study design, analytic approaches, research ethics), reporting (how research is communicated, e.g., reporting standards, information sharing, conflict of interest reporting), replicability and reproducibility (how research is verified or replicated, e.g., methods of data sharing, efforts to reproduce previous studies), evaluation (how research is evaluated, e.g., peer review, funding criteria, research impact), incentives (how research is rewarded or supported, e.g., promotion criteria, developing research capacity), and organization (how research is organized or categorized, e.g., research categorization, interactions between disciplines, collaboration) 16 . These questions in meta‐research are often answered with many of the same methods used to address other scientific questions, whether it be through experimentation, observation, or literature synthesis.…”

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Using meta‐research to foster diverse, equitable, and inclusive collaborative research networks

Stevens

Brody

Epps

et al. 2022

J American Geriatrics Society

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Fostering diverse, equitable, and inclusive collaborative research networks is important for advancing the field of aging research. Despite sizeable investment in research consortia and career development programs, there has been only moderate progress toward diversifying the research workforce studying aging. Without critically examining what works and what does not, continuing to place more resources into these same strategies may not result in a substantial improvement in diversity or the creation of collaborative networks. Using meta‐research to rigorously evaluate potential strategies to promote diversity and collaboration may yield important insights that can be used to improve upon current efforts. For this reason, we sought to describe meta‐research and highlight how its principles can be used to achieve the aging research community's collaboration and diversity goals.

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Meta-research in pharmacy: Time for a look in the mirror

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Use of ‘Pharmaceutical services’ Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in articles assessing pharmacists' interventions

Recognizing the value of meta-research and making it easier to find

Using meta‐research to foster diverse, equitable, and inclusive collaborative research networks

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