SynthesisBMC medical research methodology2025
Building a synthesis-ready research ecosystem: fostering collaboration and open science to accelerate biomedical translation.
Synthesis in BMC medical research methodology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- [Scientific output of the Revista Médica del IMSS in PubMed (2005-2025): a bibliometric analysis].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026Article
- From chaos to clarity: schema-constrained AI for auditable biomedical evidence extraction from full-text PDFs.BMC medical research methodology · 2026Article
- Measuring scientific coherence between global neglected tropical disease research and population health indicators: a 25-year meta-research study.Frontiers in research metrics and analytics · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
4 authors.
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Abstract
In this review article, we provide a comprehensive overview of current practices and challenges associated with research synthesis in preclinical biomedical research. We identify critical barriers and roadblocks that impede effective identification, utilisation, and integration of research findings to inform decision making in research translation. We examine practices at each stage of the research lifecycle, including study design, conduct, and publishing, that can be optimised to facilitate the conduct of timely, accurate, and comprehensive evidence synthesis. These practices are anchored in open science and engaging with the broader research community to ensure evidence is accessible and useful to all stakeholders. We underscore the need for collective action from researchers, synthesis specialists, institutions, publishers and journals, funders, infrastructure providers, and policymakers, who all play a key role in fostering an open, robust and synthesis-ready research environment, for an accelerated trajectory towards integrated biomedical research and translation.
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