Research Synthesis Methods

Research Synthesis Methods is the official journal of the Society for Research Synthesis Methodology, devoted to methods for research synthesis and published by Cambridge University Press since 2025 after fifteen years with Wiley, fully gold open access, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.0 and a first-quartile rank of 3 of 67 in mathematical and computational biology《研究综合方法》（Research Synthesis Methods）是（Society for Research Synthesis Methodology）的官方期刊，专注研究综合的方法学，2025 年起由（Cambridge University Press）出版（此前十五年由（Wiley）出版），为完全金色开放获取期刊，2025 年影响因子为 8.0，在数学与计算生物学类 67 种期刊中列第 3 位，居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed title devoted to the development and dissemination of methods for designing, conducting, analyzing, interpreting, reporting and applying systematic research synthesis该刊为多学科同行评审期刊，专注系统研究综合在设计、实施、分析、解释、报告与应用等方法学方面的发展与传播。
• It aims to facilitate the creation and exchange of knowledge about research synthesis methods that is of general interest or utility for the many fields and disciplines in which synthesis is undertaken or used其目标是促进研究综合方法知识的创造与交流，使这些方法对开展或使用研究综合的各学科具有普遍意义或实用价值。
• Research synthesis is common in the health and social sciences, and the journal seeks to cross-fertilise these fields and others so as to enrich the methods of research synthesis in all scientific disciplines研究综合在健康与社会科学领域十分常见，该刊力图使这些领域与其他领域相互借鉴，从而丰富各学科的研究综合方法。
• The journal organises special feature streams, with editors responsible for reproducibility, historical reviews, tutorials and research in brief, and software focus该刊设置特色栏目并配备专门编辑，分别负责可复现性、历史回顾、教程与短评，以及软件聚焦。
• It appears in six issues a year, with Volume 1 published in 2010, and the archives of the first fifteen years remain available at the former publisher该刊每年出版 6 期，第 1 卷出版于 2010 年，前十五年的存档仍在原出版方平台可查。
• It is a fully open access journal: articles carry Creative Commons licences chosen by the authors, and the publisher provides funding routes through read and publish agreements, the Cambridge Open Equity Initiative and Research4Life该刊为完全开放获取期刊，文章采用作者选择的（Creative Commons）许可，出版方并通过转换协议、（Cambridge Open Equity Initiative）与（Research4Life）提供费用支持路径。

History

• Research Synthesis Methods was launched in 2010, when the first volume appeared under John Wiley and Sons as the official journal of the Society for Research Synthesis Methodology该刊于 2010 年创刊，第 1 卷由（John Wiley and Sons）出版，作为（Society for Research Synthesis Methodology）的官方期刊。
• From 2010 to 2024 the journal was published by Wiley, and the archives of that period are still hosted on the Wiley Online Library2010 年至 2024 年该刊由（Wiley）出版，该时期存档仍存放于（Wiley Online Library）。
• From 2025 the title has been published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of its owners, the Society for Research Synthesis Methodology, which manages the journal together with the publisher自 2025 年起，该刊由（Cambridge University Press）代表其所有者（Society for Research Synthesis Methodology）出版，学会与出版方共同管理该刊。
• Its editors have changed regularly, with successive Editors-in-Chief including Mark Lipsey from 2010 to 2012, Christopher Schmid from 2010 to 2014, Hannah Rothstein from 2013 to 2016, Tasha Beretvas from 2016 to 2018, Ian Shrier from 2015 to 2020 and Gerta Rucker from 2018 to 2022该刊主编更替较为规律，历任主编包括 2010 至 2012 年的 Mark Lipsey、2010 至 2014 年的 Christopher Schmid、2013 至 2016 年的 Hannah Rothstein、2016 至 2018 年的 Tasha Beretvas、2015 至 2020 年的 Ian Shrier 以及 2018 至 2022 年的 Gerta Rucker。
• Its Journal Impact Factor stood at 5.273 in 2021 and 9.308 in 2022, then 6.1 in 2024 and 8.0 in 2025其影响因子 2021 年为 5.273、2022 年为 9.308，2024 年版为 6.1、2025 年版为 8.0。

Editors

• The journal is led by two Editors-in-Chief, Dimitris Mavridis of the School of Education Sciences at the University of Ioannina in Greece and Terri Pigott of the School of Public Health and College of Education and Human Development at Georgia State University in the United States该刊由两位主编共同主持：希腊约阿尼纳大学教育科学学院的 Dimitris Mavridis，以及美国佐治亚州立大学公共卫生学院与教育与人类发展学院的 Terri Pigott。
• Some twenty-eight associate editors handle manuscripts, based in the United Kingdom, Norway, Singapore, Germany, Japan, the United States, Australia, the Netherlands, Croatia and Spain约二十八位副编辑负责稿件处理，分别任职于英国、挪威、新加坡、德国、日本、美国、澳大利亚、荷兰、克罗地亚与西班牙。
• Feature editors coordinate the journal's special streams: Thodoris Papakonstantinou and Guido Schwarzer for reproducibility, Joseph Cappelleri for historical reviews, Adriani Nikolakopoulou for tutorials and research in brief, and Adam Dunn for software focus特色栏目编辑负责组织专门内容：可复现性栏目由 Thodoris Papakonstantinou 与 Guido Schwarzer 负责，历史回顾栏目由 Joseph Cappelleri 负责，教程与短评栏目由 Adriani Nikolakopoulou 负责，软件聚焦栏目由 Adam Dunn 负责。
• The editorial board includes Ariel Aloe, Jesse Berlin, Sofia Dias, Jessica Gurevitch, Larry Hedges, Blair T. Johnson, Julia Koricheva, James E. Pustejovsky, Richard Riley, Georgia Salanti, Christopher Schmid, Emily Tanner-Smith, James Thomas, Elizabeth Tipton, Thomas Trikalinos and Ian White编委会成员包括 Ariel Aloe、Jesse Berlin、Sofia Dias、Jessica Gurevitch、Larry Hedges、Blair T. Johnson、Julia Koricheva、James E. Pustejovsky、Richard Riley、Georgia Salanti、Christopher Schmid、Emily Tanner-Smith、James Thomas、Elizabeth Tipton、Thomas Trikalinos 与 Ian White。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the Cambridge Core platform, and acceptance decisions rest solely with the editors and are taken independently of an author's funding situation稿件经（Cambridge Core）平台提交，录用决定完全由编辑作出，且不取决于作者的经费状况。