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Meta-research: Evaluation and Improvement of Research Methods and Practices

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  • John P A Ioannidis
  • Daniele Fanelli
  • Debbie Drake Dunne
  • Steven N Goodman

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As the scientific enterprise has grown in size and diversity, we need empirical evidence on the research process to test and apply interventions that make it more efficient and its results more reliable. Meta-research is an evolving scientific discipline that aims to evaluate and improve research practices. It includes thematic areas of methods, reporting, reproducibility, evaluation, and incentives (how to do, report, verify, correct, and reward science). Much work is already done in this growing field, but efforts to-date are fragmented. We provide a map of ongoing efforts and discuss plans for connecting the multiple meta-research efforts across science worldwide.Meta-research is the science of evaluating how to do, report, verify, correct, and reward scientific investigation. Many initiatives focus on these important issues, and more can be done.

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  • John P A Ioannidis & Daniele Fanelli & Debbie Drake Dunne & Steven N Goodman, 2015. "Meta-research: Evaluation and Improvement of Research Methods and Practices," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(10), pages 1-7, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pbio00:1002264
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002264
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