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Research Synthesis Methods is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials, Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Research Synthesis Methods 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inMeta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Reliability and Agreement in Measurement
ISSN1759-2879
Citation impact (2-yr)7.26
h-index109
i10-index516
Total citations74,813
Article processing charge$3,400
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Bristol
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Research Synthesis Methods per year

24
2014
51
2015
48
2016
61
2017
56
2018
55
2019
89
2020
78
2021
78
2022
84
2023
77
2024
93
2025

Citation impact of Research Synthesis Methods by publication year

4.1K
2014
4.1K
2015
1.8K
2016
5.9K
2017
4.3K
2018
8K
2019
9.1K
2020
2K
2021
2.6K
2022
1.4K
2023
1.2K
2024
272
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Research Synthesis Methods

A basic introduction to fixed-effect and random-effects models for meta-analysis

Michael Borenstein, Larry V. Hedges, Julian P. T. Higgins et al. · 1 Apr 2010

There are two popular statistical models for meta-analysis, the fixed-effect model and the random-effects model. The fact that these two models employ similar sets of formulas to compute statistics, and sometimes yield similar estimates for the various parameters, may lead people to believe that the models are interchangeable. In fact, though, the models represent fundamentally…

6,814 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Risk‐of‐bias VISualization (robvis): An R package and Shiny web app for visualizing risk‐of‐bias assessments

Luke A. McGuinness, Julian P. T. Higgins · 26 Apr 2020

Despite a major increase in the range and number of software offerings now available to help researchers produce evidence syntheses, there is currently no generic tool for producing figures to display and explore the risk-of-bias assessments that routinely take place as part of systematic review. However, tools such as the R programming environment and Shiny…

5,187 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
A scoping review of scoping reviews: advancing the approach and enhancing the consistency

Mai Pham, Andrijana Rajić, Judy Greig et al. · 24 Jul 2014

BACKGROUND: The scoping review has become an increasingly popular approach for synthesizing research evidence. It is a relatively new approach for which a universal study definition or definitive procedure has not been established. The purpose of this scoping review was to provide an overview of scoping reviews in the literature. METHODS: A scoping review was…

3,105 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Outlier and influence diagnostics for meta-analysis

Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Mike W.‐L. Cheung · 1 Apr 2010

The presence of outliers and influential cases may affect the validity and robustness of the conclusions from a meta-analysis. While researchers generally agree that it is necessary to examine outlier and influential case diagnostics when conducting a meta-analysis, limited studies have addressed how to obtain such diagnostic measures in the context of a meta-analysis. The…

2,834 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Consistency and inconsistency in network meta‐analysis: concepts and models for multi‐arm studies

Julian P. T. Higgins, Dan Jackson, Jessica Barrett et al. · 1 Jun 2012

Meta-analyses that simultaneously compare multiple treatments (usually referred to as network meta-analyses or mixed treatment comparisons) are becoming increasingly common. An important component of a network meta-analysis is an assessment of the extent to which different sources of evidence are compatible, both substantively and statistically. A simple indirect comparison may be confounded if the studies…

2,103 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Research Synthesis Methods template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Research Synthesis Methods format?
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What reference style does Research Synthesis Methods use?
Research Synthesis Methods uses Author–year (Chicago) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Research Synthesis Methods 12 (3): 45–58.
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