Research Synthesis Methods

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The 684 papers published in Research Synthesis Methods in the last decades have received a total of 44.6k indexed citations. Papers published in Research Synthesis Methods usually cover Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (477 papers), Statistics and Probability (256 papers) and Economics and Econometrics (154 papers) specifically the topics of Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (469 papers), Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (147 papers) and Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (112 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Research Synthesis Methods are Julian P. T. Higgins, Larry V. Hedges, Michael Borenstein, Georgia Salanti, Hannah R. Rothstein, Luke A. McGuinness, Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Dan Jackson, Mike W.‐L. Cheung and Elizabeth Tipton.

In The Last Decade

Research Synthesis Methods

629 papers receiving 43.8k citations

Fields of papers published in Research Synthesis Methods

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries where authors publish in Research Synthesis Methods

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This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Research Synthesis Methods. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Research Synthesis Methods with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Research Synthesis Methods more than expected).

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