BMC Medical Research Methodology

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A data-adaptive method for investigating effect heterogeneity with high-dimensional covariates in Mendelian randomization

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Contextual effects: how to, and how not to, quantify them

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Group sequential designs for pragmatic clinical trials with early outcomes: methods and guidance for planning and implementation

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Barriers and facilitators for recruiting and retaining male participants into longitudinal health research: a systematic review

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Predicting the time to get back to work using statistical models and machine learning approaches

Authors: George Bouliotis, M. Underwood and R. Froud

Content type: Research 29 November 2024
Understanding the impact of covariates on the classification of implementation units for soil-transmitted helminths control: a case study from Kenya

Authors: Amitha Puranik, Peter J. Diggle, Maurice R. Odiere, Katherine Gass, Stella Kepha, Collins Okoyo, Charles Mwandawiro, Florence Wakesho, Wycliff Omondi, Hadley Matendechero Sultani and Emanuele Giorgi

Content type: Research 29 November 2024
Tips from an expert panel on the development of a clinical research protocol

Authors: Abdelrahman M. Makram, Randa Elsheikh, Omar M. Makram, Nguyen Thanh Van, Nguyen Hai Nam, Nguyen Khoi Quan, Nguyen Tran Minh Duc, Ngoc Quynh Tram Nguye, Gibson Omwansa Javes, Sara S. Elsheikh, Atsuko Imoto, Peter Lee, Norio Ohmagari, Hirotsugu Aiga, Yasuhiko Kamiya, Patricia Takako Endo…

Content type: Research 29 November 2024
Non-collapsibility and built-in selection bias of period-specific and conventional hazard ratio in randomized controlled trials

Authors: Helen Bian, Menglan Pang, Guanbo Wang and Zihang Lu

Content type: Research 26 November 2024
Exploring the characteristics, methods and reporting of systematic reviews with meta-analyses of time-to-event outcomes: a meta-epidemiological study

Authors: Marius Goldkuhle, Caroline Hirsch, Claire Iannizzi, Ana-Mihaela Zorger, Ralf Bender, Elvira C. van Dalen, Lars G. Hemkens, Ina Monsef, Nina Kreuzberger and Nicole Skoetz

Content type: Research 25 November 2024

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Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach

Authors: Zachary Munn, Micah D. J. Peters, Cindy Stern, Catalin Tufanaru, Alexa McArthur and Edoardo Aromataris

Content type: Debate 19 November 2018
The case study approach

Authors: Sarah Crowe, Kathrin Cresswell, Ann Robertson, Guro Huby, Anthony Avery and Aziz Sheikh

Content type: Commentary 27 June 2011
Characterising and justifying sample size sufficiency in interview-based studies: systematic analysis of qualitative health research over a 15-year period

Authors: Konstantina Vasileiou, Julie Barnett, Susan Thorpe and Terry Young

Content type: Research article 21 November 2018
Methods for the thematic synthesis of qualitative research in systematic reviews

Authors: James Thomas and Angela Harden

Content type: Research article 10 July 2008

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BMC Medical Research Methodology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in methodological approaches to healthcare research. Articles on the methodology of epidemiological research, clinical trials and meta-analysis/systematic review are particularly encouraged, as are empirical studies of the associations between choice of methodology and study outcomes. BMC Medical Research Methodology does not aim to publish articles describing scientific methods or techniques: these should be directed to the BMC journal covering the relevant biomedical subject area.

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BMC Medical Research Methodology

Latest collections open to submissions

Master protocols

Publication dynamics

Patient-centric approaches

Open science: bias, challenges, and barriers

Editor's Highlights

Articles

Predicting the time to get back to work using statistical models and machine learning approaches

Understanding the impact of covariates on the classification of implementation units for soil-transmitted helminths control: a case study from Kenya

Tips from an expert panel on the development of a clinical research protocol

Non-collapsibility and built-in selection bias of period-specific and conventional hazard ratio in randomized controlled trials

Exploring the characteristics, methods and reporting of systematic reviews with meta-analyses of time-to-event outcomes: a meta-epidemiological study

Systematic review or scoping review? Guidance for authors when choosing between a systematic or scoping review approach

The case study approach

Characterising and justifying sample size sufficiency in interview-based studies: systematic analysis of qualitative health research over a 15-year period

Methods for the thematic synthesis of qualitative research in systematic reviews

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