The Society for Research Synthesis Methodology (abbreviated SRSM) is an international, interdisciplinary learned society dedicated to promoting and fostering the study of

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 ...

: the process whereby the results of multiple scientific studies are combined. It was founded in November 2005, with its organizational meeting held on November 11 and 12 of that year. It has 85 active members. Its official journal is '' Research Synthesis Methods'', which has been published by

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since 2010. It holds annual meetings every summer for members (and, occasionally, nonmembers) to present their research. Its current president is Tianjing Li, and its president-elect is Terri Pigott.

Past presidents

* Georgia Salanti (2021–22) * Jack Vevea (2019–21) * Christopher H. Schmid (2018–19) * Michael Borenstein (2017–18) *

Kay Dickersin Kay Dickersin is an academic who trained first in cell biology and subsequently epidemiology. She went on to a career studying factors that influence research integrity, in particular publication bias and Reporting bias#Outcome reporting bias, o ...

(2016–17) *

Jessica Gurevitch Jessica Gurevitch is plant ecologist known for meta-analysis in the fields of ecology and evolution. Education and career Gurevitch has a B.S. from Cornell University (1973) and earned her Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from the Uni ...

(2015–16) *

Lesley Stewart Lesley Ann Stewart (born 27 May 1963) is a Scottish academic whose research interests are in the development and application of evidence synthesis methods, particularly systematic reviews and individual participant data meta-analysis. She is h ...

(2014–15) *

William Shadish William Raymond Shadish Jr. (November 3, 1949 – March 27, 2016) was an American psychologist and statistician who was a distinguished professor and founding faculty member at the University of California, Merced. He was known for his work in the ...

(2013–14) * Hannah Rothstein (2012–13) * Jesse Berlin (2011–12) * David Jones (2010–11) * John Ioannidis (2009–10) *

Larry V. Hedges Larry Vernon Hedges is a researcher in statistical methods for meta-analysis and evaluation of education policy. He is Professor of Statistics and Education and Social Policy, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University. Previously, he ...

(2008–09) * Alex Sutton (2007–08) *

Betsy Becker Betsy Jane Becker is an American researcher on meta-analysis and educational psychometrics. She is the Mode L. Stone Distinguished Professor of Educational Statistics in the Department of Statistics at Florida State University, and previously serv ...

(2006–07) *

Julian Higgins Julian P. T. Higgins is a British biostatistician, Professor of Evidence Synthesis and Director of Research at the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Bristol. Higgins was previously Chair in Evidence Synthesis at the Un ...

(2005–06)

References

External links

* Research methods Statistical societies Scientific organizations established in 2005 International learned societies {{Sci-org-stub