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Descriptor English: Meta-Research
Descriptor Spanish: Meta-Investigación
Descriptor Portuguese: Meta-Pesquisa
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Meta Research
Tree number(s): E05.581.500.577
H01.770.644.728.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000098346
Scope note: A discipline designed to study research itself and its practices. To promote robust science, meta-research uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine research practices with the same scientific rigor given to other areas of scientific inquiry. The objective of this approach is to understand and improve how research is performed, communicated, verified, evaluated, and de-incentivized.
Allowable Qualifiers: LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2025
History Note: 2025
DeCS ID: 60794
Unique ID: D000098346
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Date Established: 2025/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/02/20
Meta-Research - Preferred
Concept UI M000766447
Scope note A discipline designed to study research itself and its practices. To promote robust science, meta-research uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine research practices with the same scientific rigor given to other areas of scientific inquiry. The objective of this approach is to understand and improve how research is performed, communicated, verified, evaluated, and de-incentivized.
Preferred term Meta-Research
Entry term(s) Meta Research



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