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Metascience

Metascience, also known as science of science, is the systematic study of science itself. It analyzes the practices, structures, and outcomes of scientific research, including research design, peer review, publication bias, replication, and incentive structures, with the aim of improving the reliability, transparency, and impact of scientific knowledge…

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Metascience

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Avg. degree1.99
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Metascience

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related to history · 26
Metascience → Because, BioMed Central, Despina Koletsi, Development, Evaluation, Findings Are False, GRADE, In, Ioannidis, It, Jeremy Howick, John Ioannidis, Later, Major, Nature, PLOS ONE, Public Library, Recommendations Assessment, Reproducibility Initiative, Science
related to Organizations and institutes · 20
Metascience → AIMOS, Association, Center, Centre, Evidence Synthesis Unit, Global Health, India, Interdisciplinary Meta-Research, Meta-research, Meta-Research Center, Meta-Research Innovation Center, Metascience Conference, Open Science, Organizations, OurResearch, Scientific Integrity, Stanford, The George Institute, There, Tilburg University
related to Evaluation and incentives · 9
Metascience → According, Brian Nosek, Critics, For, It, Meta-research, Proponents, The, This
related to Fields and topics of meta-research · 6
Metascience → Evaluation, Incentives, Methods, Reporting, Reproducibility, These
related to Psychology · 5
Metascience → An, In, Meta-research, The, This
related to Challenges of interpretation of pooled results · 4
Metascience → Examples, Studies, These, Various
related to Information and communications technologies · 3
Metascience → ICTs, One, Such
is a · 1
Metascience → big part of methods underlying the open science movement
has method · 1
Metascience → Meta-research
related to Conferences · 1
Metascience → Annual Metascience Conference

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Metascienceis abig part of methods underlying the open science movement0.90text
CONSORTinstance ofas well as the founding of organizations0.80text
the EQUATOR Network that issue guidelines for methodologyinstance ofas well as the founding of organizations0.80text
reportinginstance ofas well as the founding of organizations0.80text
Scienceinstance ofTop journals0.80text
The Lancetinstance ofTop journals0.80text
and Natureinstance ofTop journals0.80text
provide ongoing coverage of meta-researchinstance ofTop journals0.80text
problems with reproducibilityinstance ofTop journals0.80text
CONSORTinstance ofThere is an attempt to standardize reporting of data and methodology through the creation of guidelines by reporting agencies0.80text
the larger EQUATOR Network.ReproducibilityThe replication crisis is an ongoing methodological crisis in which it has been found that many scientific studies are difficult or impossible to replicateinstance ofThere is an attempt to standardize reporting of data and methodology through the creation of guidelines by reporting agencies0.80text
the use of track-records about the veracity of a researchers' prior publicationsinstance ofSuch factors may however also be important0.80text

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