''Research Synthesis Methods'' is a

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covering all aspects of

research methods Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness t ...

as they have been applied to

research synthesis Research synthesis is the process of combining the results of multiple primary research studies aimed at testing the same conceptual hypothesis. It may be applied to either quantitative or qualitative research. Its general goals are to make the find ...

. It was established in 2010 and is published by

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on behalf of the

Society for Research Synthesis Methodology The Society for Research Synthesis Methodology (abbreviated SRSM) is an international, interdisciplinary learned society dedicated to promoting and fostering the study of research synthesis: the process whereby the results of multiple scientific s ...

, of which it is the official journal. The founding

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were Christopher Schmid ( Brown University) and Mark Lipsey (

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). The role of editor-in-chief went to Hannah Rothstein (

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), Ian Shrier (

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), Tasha Beretvas (

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), and

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(

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, Germany). Currently, Terri D. Pigott (

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) and Dimitris Mavridis (

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, Greece) act as editors. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2023

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of 5.0, ranking it 6th out of 65 journals in the category "Mathematical & Computational Biology" and 18th out of 134 journals in the category "Multidisciplinary Sciences". Despite the journal's stated inclusive disciplinary scope, commentators have noted that articles published in the journal tend to be focused on

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forms of research synthesis, such as

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, and to adopt a positivist perspective on the practice of research synthesis.

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