Tag: research methods

A systematic review of 229 target trial emulation studies in type 2 diabetes finds strong reporting of eligibility, treatment and ...

A scoping review of 11 studies published between 2012 and 2025 found that non-speaking and minimally verbal autistic children aged ...

A systematic review finds gambling knowledge is defined and measured so inconsistently that its links to gambling outcomes remain unclear.

A scoping review identified 24 risk-of-bias tools with varying guidance and nine QBA software programs, most restricted to binary exposures ...

A new review in Animal Biotelemetry summarizes how pairing electronic tracking with underwater video and camera imaging yields complementary datasets, ...

A new comparative study traces how US urban planning doctoral programs developed since the 1940s and what China's younger, smaller ...

Three veteran wildfire social scientists argue in Fire Ecology that the field's rapid growth demands renewed agreement on methodological rigor, ...

Researchers developed and pilot-tested a semi-structured questionnaire to standardize how side effects of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation are reported.

A critical review identifies six domains where ClinicalTrials.gov could be strengthened beyond current regulatory requirements.

A scoping review of 22 recovery college evaluations identified 39 outcome-indicator entries and found that direct assessment of educational processes ...

A registered-report simulation study found that statistical and design interventions for improving biomedical research reproducibility had mixed and measure-dependent effects.

A two-phase Chinese study developed an eight-domain index for assessing kidney transplantation nurse competencies, but the framework has not yet ...

A methodological letter says symptom-based classifications and missing spirometry limit survey associations between inhaled cannabis, asthma and COPD.

A survey of 868 ethologists and behavioural ecologists reveals that logistics rarely explain why birds and mammals dominate research. Instead, ...

A new commentary argues that the systematic underrepresentation of fathers in childhood cancer research has produced non-generalizable evidence, support programs ...

A new commentary in Supportive Care in Cancer urges researchers to distinguish between mono-construct and multi-construct uses of latent profile ...

Delirium is a common and often distressing condition that affects older adults, particularly those in acute geriatric care settings. A ...