r/metaresearch

698 archived posts · Aug 2017 – Apr 2025

Research on research: papers, news, initiatives, thoughts

r/metaresearch

For those interested in research on research, evidence synthesis (systematic reviews, meta-analyses), improving the state of scientific research quality and evidence-based-anything.

Created Jul 14, 2015

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Description

A mutually beneficial community of anyone working in or interested in the appraisal of research findings, sources of bias and the totality of evidence within medicine and all other disciplines. A place where we can all come together, share information we believe would be valuable to others and discuss. The community is young and thus not much of a resource at the moment, but it could quickly become one.

To get you started

1. Introduction. An excellent introduction to Reddit and how to use it here.

2. Reddit-speak. subreddit = sub = group (e.g. this subreddit is called metaresearch), mods = moderators, flairs = tags (e.g. in this subreddit we use: Research, Discussion, etc.).

3. Reditr. In the future you may want to use this to access Reddit on your Desktop for a cleaner interface.

Rules

1. Abide by rediquette. Any posts that do not, will be removed.

2. No spam or self-promotion. Any posts that the mods feel are primarily geared towards personal rather than community benefit will be removed.

Best practice guidelines

1. Use informative titles. Please do not use vague titles - make sure we know what we are getting into before clicking on a post. If posting a link to an article, try to include journal name abbreviation and date in parentheses at the end, e.g. "My post title (BMJ, 2018)". If posting a meeting, try to include dates and place in parentheses at the end, e.g. "My meeting post (21-22 May, 2018; Seattle)". Same logic applies to other types of posts.

2. Link to original article. If posting a news article referring to a published study, please also provide the link to the published study as a comment.

3. At least one comment for links. If posting a link, add a comment of at least one sentence about it. This is to help others appreciate what this link is about and start a conversation. To add a comment first post your link and then click on "comment" in the main page of the subreddit.

4. Anything metaresearch is of interest. You can post any of: (1) links to: a paper, news article, startup, interesting opportunity, other; (2) an opinion; (3) a conversation starter; (4) other.

5. If you like, upvote. If you really like a post, upvote it!

6. If you don't like, downvote. Help mods remove inappropriate or irrelevant posts by downvoting.

7. If you have an idea, let the mods know. Do you have feedback about this subreddit? Do you have any ideas? Hit the "message the moderators" to let the mods know.

8. Use flairs. You can give an appropriate tag to your post by clicking on "flair" underneath your post. If you'd really like to have a tag you cannot see, let the mods know. To search using a specific flair type for example: flair:"Research"

We need you

Do you have ideas about improving this sub? Are you an expert in CSS? Are you skilled with graphic designer software? If the answer to any of the above is "Yes" and you'd like to contribute, please contact the mods ;)

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