Research Methods

March 12, 2026
When One Method Is Not Enough: The Multimethod SEM Framework for Rigorous Research
Physicians rarely rely on a single diagnostic test when confronting a complex disease. They combine imaging, laboratory work, and genetic screening because each technique…
Reading time: 8 minutes
February 13, 2026
Lotus Protocol: A New Approach to Systematic Reviews
The article How to Conduct a Multi-Domain Systematic (Literature) Review? Guidelines Using The Lotus Protocol addresses a growing methodological gap in contemporary scholarship: how…
Reading time: 5 minutes
February 11, 2026
Reviewer Fatigue and the Future of Peer Evaluation
The contemporary academic publishing ecosystem is sustained by peer review, a system widely regarded as the epistemic backbone of scientific quality assurance. The reviewed…
Reading time: 5 minutes
January 15, 2026
The Case Against Theory Fetishism in Research
Ågerfalk argues that “insufficient theoretical contribution” has become a convenient, seemingly decisive rejection rationale in top journals, but that this habit can quietly distort…
Reading time: 7 minutes
January 12, 2026
Mastering Sample Size in Survey Research
This article is a methodological audit plus a practical “how-to” guide for one of the most routinely mishandled decisions in survey research: choosing and…
Reading time: 6 minutes
January 9, 2026
PLS-SEM in Quality Management: Current Practices and Challenges
Quality management research has increasingly embraced partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), but practice has outpaced methodological rigor. In their review article, Magno,…
Reading time: 5 minutes
January 9, 2026
NCA-ESSE: Enhancing Necessary Condition Analysis in Data Science
The research paper “Must-have, or maybe not? A sensitivity-based extension to necessary condition analysis” addresses a fundamental challenge in modern data science and management…
Reading time: 4 minutes
November 4, 2025
Theory Development Guide
The conceptual guide, “Theory and theory development: Guidelines for establishing theoretical gaps, foundations, contributions, and implications” by Weng Marc Lim, addresses the persistent difficulties…
Reading time: 4 minutes
September 20, 2025
Debunking Grounded Theory Misconceptions
Conduct a comprehensive and critical analysis of Roy Suddaby’s 2006 editorial, “What Grounded Theory Is Not.” Your primary objective is to deconstruct the author’s…
Reading time: 7 minutes
September 20, 2025
Persuasion with Case Studies: Talking Pigs and Phineas Gage
Nicolaj Siggelkow’s (2007) essay, “Persuasion with Case Studies,” serves as a seminal guide for researchers navigating the unique challenges of case-based methodologies. In a…
Reading time: 6 minutes
September 20, 2025
Theory Building from Cases: Opportunities and Challenges
Objective: Your task is to act as a research methodologist and provide a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the provided article by Eisenhardt and…
Reading time: 5 minutes
September 20, 2025
Writing and Reviewing Qualitative Research Without Boilerplate
You are an academic assistant tasked with creating a detailed guide and summary of Michael G. Pratt’s 2009 editorial, “For the Lack of a…
Reading time: 4 minutes
Bibliometrics in Health Sciences, Research Methods
September 16, 2025
Medical Statistics: Current Trends and Future Directions
A landmark study published in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice offers a comprehensive, data-driven analysis of the evolution of statistical methods in…
Reading time: 3 minutes
September 16, 2025
Galapagos: Scalable Medical Terminology Development
In the complex and ever-expanding world of medical informatics, the development and maintenance of large-scale medical terminologies present significant challenges. As terminologies like SNOMED…
Reading time: 3 minutes
September 16, 2025
Streamlining Patient Discharge with Six Sigma and Discrete Event Simulation
In the healthcare sector, efficiency is not just about saving money—it’s about saving lives and improving patient care. A common bottleneck that plagues hospitals…
Reading time: 3 minutes
September 16, 2025
PROMIS Psychometric Summit: Advancing Measurement Methodologies
Discover the cutting-edge discussions and recommendations from the Third Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) Psychometric Summit in the special report, “Advancing PROMIS’s methodology:…
Reading time: 3 minutes
September 15, 2025
From Interesting to Important: Advancing Management Research
This editorial essay, titled “FROM “THAT’S INTERESTING” TO “THAT’S IMPORTANT””, was authored by Laszlo Tihanyi, the Editor of the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ),…
Reading time: 5 minutes
September 15, 2025
Bridging Behavioral Science and Workplace Practice
This detailed introduction presents Gary P. Latham’s (2007) thought-provoking article, “A Speculative Perspective on the Transfer of Behavioral Science Findings to the Workplace: ‘The…
Reading time: 7 minutes
September 15, 2025
The Relational Foundation of Research
The article, “The Relational Foundation of Research: An Underappreciated Dimension of Interesting Research,” authored by Jane E. Dutton and Janet M. Dukerich, and published…
Reading time: 7 minutes
September 14, 2025
Assessing Health Research Reporting Guidelines: Methodology and Quality Review
The systematic review by Wang et al. (2015), titled “Methodology and reporting quality of reporting guidelines: systematic review,” published in BMC Medical Research Methodology,…
Reading time: 9 minutes
September 14, 2025
Realist Reviews: Purpose, Practice, and Pitfalls in Quality and Safety
The article, “Grand rounds in methodology: when are realist reviews useful, and what does a ‘good’ realist review look like?”, authored by Claire Duddy…
Reading time: 6 minutes
September 14, 2025
Enabling Psychiatrists as Mobile App Developers
In an era defined by the pervasive use of smartphones, the healthcare landscape has been dramatically reshaped by the proliferation of mobile applications. These…
Reading time: 4 minutes
September 13, 2025
Being Scheherazade: Storytelling in Academic Writing
This illuminating “From the Editors” column, titled “Being Scheherazade: The Importance of Storytelling in Academic Writing,” was authored by Timothy G. Pollock and Joyce…
Reading time: 8 minutes
September 13, 2025
Achieving Coherence in Qualitative Research
Howard-Grenville, J., Nelson, A., Vough, H., and Zilber, T. B.’s (2021) editorial, titled “Achieving Fit and Avoiding Misfit in Qualitative Research,” published in the…
Reading time: 6 minutes
Artificial Intelligence, Research Methods
September 13, 2025
From Scarcity to Abundance: Scholars and Scholarship in AI’s Age
This extensive editorial, “From Scarcity to Abundance: Scholars and Scholarship in an Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence,” published in the Academy of Management Journal…
Reading time: 9 minutes
September 12, 2025
Coleman’s Boat: Bridging Macro and Micro Management Theory
This editorial essay, penned by Cowen, Rink, Cuypers, Grégorie, and Weller (2022) and published in the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ), offers an in-depth…
Reading time: 9 minutes
Bibliometrics in Health Sciences, Research Methods
September 12, 2025
Radical Theorizing: New Ways of Seeing in Management Research
The article, “Knowledge Combination: A Cocitation Analysis,” authored by Wenpin Tsai and Chia-hung Wu, and published in The Academy of Management Journal in June…
Reading time: 7 minutes
September 12, 2025
Advantages of Starting Research with Theory
This editorial, “From the Editors: Advantages of Starting with Theory” by Jason D. Shaw, published in The Academy of Management Journal, critically examines the…
Reading time: 4 minutes
Bibliometrics in Health Sciences, Research Methods
September 12, 2025
Knowledge Combination: A Cocitation Analysis
The article, “Knowledge Combination: A Cocitation Analysis,” authored by Wenpin Tsai and Chia-hung Wu and published in The Academy of Management Journal in June…
Reading time: 4 minutes
September 11, 2025
Obligations and Obfuscations in the Review Process
This insightful article, “From the Editors: Obligations and Obfuscations in the Review Process,” authored by David Harrison and Tom Lee, was published in The…
Reading time: 3 minutes
September 11, 2025
Carrying Sumantra Ghoshal’s Torch: Relevant Research Practices
This detailed introduction provides an extensive overview of Sara L. Rynes’s “Editor’s Foreword: Carrying Sumantra Ghoshal’s Torch: Creating More Positive, Relevant, and Ecologically Valid…
Reading time: 6 minutes
September 11, 2025
New Ways of Seeing: Elaboration on a Theme
This editorial, “FROM THE EDITORS: NEW WAYS OF SEEING: ELABORATION ON A THEME,” published in The Academy of Management Journal by Jason D. Shaw,…
Reading time: 5 minutes
September 11, 2025
Strategically Enhancing Journal Publication Contribution
Donald D. Bergh’s “From the Editors: Thinking Strategically about Contribution,” published in The Academy of Management Journal in April 2003, offers a critical perspective…
Reading time: 5 minutes
September 11, 2025
Theory Integration Across Disciplines
This editorial, published in the Academy of Management Journal in 2018, authored by Jason D. Shaw, Subrahmaniam Tangirala, Balagopal Vissa, and Jessica B. Rodell,…
Reading time: 5 minutes
September 10, 2025
Balancing Quality and Innovation in Journal Review
The article, “From the Editors: ‘Getting on Board’ with ‘AMJ’: Balancing Quality and Innovation in the Review Process” by Sara L. Rynes, published in…
Reading time: 4 minutes
September 10, 2025
Don’t Shoot the Messenger: A Wake-Up Call for Academics
Published in The Academy of Management Journal in October 2007, David E. Guest’s article, “Don’t Shoot the Messenger: A Wake-up Call for Academics,” offers…
Reading time: 7 minutes
September 10, 2025
Academic Craftsmanship in Management Sciences
This editorial, authored by Markus Baer of Washington University in St. Louis and Jason D. Shaw of Nanyang Technological University (and later The Hong…
Reading time: 6 minutes
September 9, 2025
Multilevel Research: Pitfalls and Opportunities in Management Studies
The article, “NEW WAYS OF SEEING: PITFALLS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN MULTILEVEL RESEARCH,” by Paruchuri, Perry-Smith, Chattopadhyay, and Shaw (2018), published in the Academy of…
Reading time: 7 minutes
September 9, 2025
Academic Publishing: Dos and Don’ts for High-Impact Journals
This extensive editorial, authored by Justin Paul, a distinguished scholar and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Consumer Studies, serves as a critical guide…
Reading time: 6 minutes
September 9, 2025
Important, Interesting, International, and Integrative Research
This article is an editorial titled “Taking Stock and Looking Ahead” published in the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ), Volume 48, Issue 1, pages…
Reading time: 7 minutes
September 9, 2025
Organizational Behavior in AMJ: Trends and Opportunities
This article, “OB in AMJ: What is Hot and What is Not?,” by Elizabeth Morrison, published in the Academy of Management Journal in 2010,…
Reading time: 3 minutes
September 9, 2025
Critical Management Studies: Challenge and Counterchallenge
This editorial, “From the Editors: Critical Management Studies and the Academy of Management Journal: Challenge and Counterchallenge,” penned by Dov Eden and published in…
Reading time: 7 minutes
September 9, 2025
Data Visualization in Management Research: A Primer
Ertug, Gruber, Nyberg, and Steensma (2018) contribute an important editorial titled “A Brief Primer on Data Visualization Opportunities in Management Research” to the Academy…
Reading time: 7 minutes
September 9, 2025
Publishing in the Academy of Management Journal: A Guide
The editorial column published in the October 2005 issue of the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) provides a comprehensive and valuable resource for anyone…
Reading time: 7 minutes
September 7, 2025
Institutional Theory and Change: A Research Forum Introduction
The article “Institutional Theory and Institutional Change: Introduction to the Special Research Forum” by M. Tina Dacin, Jerry Goodstein, and W. Richard Scott serves…
Reading time: 13 minutes
September 7, 2025
Qualitative Research: Challenges, Opportunities, and Methodologies for AMJ
This article, titled “FROM THE EDITORS: Qualitative Research and the Academy of Management Journal,” was authored by Robert P. Gephart, Jr., of the University…
Reading time: 4 minutes
September 6, 2025
Crowdsourcing for Clinical Problem-Medication Knowledge Base Construction
Are you seeking innovative solutions to optimize clinical data presentation, improve medical decision-making, and boost the efficiency of patient care? Look no further than…
Reading time: 4 minutes
September 6, 2025
Flawed Methods in Death Certificate Accuracy Studies
This article, titled “Methodology of studies evaluating death certificate accuracy were flawed” by Lars Age Johansson, Ragnar Westerling, and Harry M. Rosenberg, published in…
Reading time: 4 minutes
September 6, 2025
Mapping SF-12 to EQ-5D: A Regression Analysis
For researchers and economists engaged in cost-utility analysis, the accurate measurement of health-status utilities, summarized in a single index of health-related quality of life…
Reading time: 4 minutes
September 6, 2025
Household Medicine Use: Methodologies and Analysis
Discover a comprehensive review offering critical insights into the design and execution of household surveys on medicine utilization, essential for researchers, policymakers, and public…
Reading time: 4 minutes
September 6, 2025
WHO-CHOICE: Updating Disease Control Program Support Costs
Understanding the true costs of health care, particularly those beyond direct service delivery, is a critical, yet often challenging, endeavor for health planners, health…
Reading time: 4 minutes
September 6, 2025
Review of 1993 World Development Report Health Methodology
Embark on an insightful journey into the core methodologies that have profoundly influenced global health policy with “A critical review of priority setting in…
Reading time: 4 minutes
September 6, 2025
Qualitative Methodologies in Genetic Counseling Research
This insightful article, published in the Journal of Genetic Counseling in 2022 and authored by Tasha Wainstein, Alison M. Elliott, and Jehannine C. Austin,…
Reading time: 19 minutes
September 6, 2025
Evaluating Research Methodology Workshops: Kirkpatrick’s Model in Practice
In an era demanding rigorous inquiry and evidence-based practice, the capacity to conduct high-quality research is paramount, particularly within healthcare and academia. The development…
Reading time: 7 minutes
September 5, 2025
Patients as Partners: Setting the Health Research Agenda
In the realm of health research, the traditional model often sees researchers and funding institutions defining agendas, designing studies, and disseminating findings, leaving patients…
Reading time: 3 minutes
September 5, 2025
Cultural Probes for Assisted Living Technology Design
The groundbreaking research article, “Designing assisted living technologies ‘in the wild’: preliminary experiences with cultural probe methodology,” published in BMC Medical Research Methodology, offers…
Reading time: 6 minutes
September 5, 2025
Mastering State-of-the-Art Literature Reviews: A Six-Step Guide
Literature reviews are fundamental to scientific research, serving as crucial tools for advancing knowledge by systematically collecting, describing, analyzing, and integrating vast amounts of…
Reading time: 8 minutes
September 5, 2025
Developing Discrete Choice Experiments for Digital Health Uptake
The core objective of the paper is to enhance methodological awareness of stated preference methods, particularly DCEs, within the burgeoning field of digital health.…
Reading time: 5 minutes
September 5, 2025
Palliative Care Research: Challenging Assumptions, Empowering Patients
This article, “Seeking new methodology for palliative care research: challenging assumptions about studying people who are approaching the end of life” by Jane B…
Reading time: 3 minutes
September 5, 2025
Harmonizing Raw Accelerometry Methodology in Research
In the rapidly evolving field of physical activity research, the use of raw accelerometry is becoming increasingly prevalent. However, the existing diversity in sensor…
Reading time: 4 minutes
September 5, 2025
Reengaging With Management Classics
In their compelling editorial, “Reengaging with the Classics,” Bermiss, Farh, Simons, ter Wal, von Krogh, and Gruber (2025) present a powerful argument for the…
Reading time: 7 minutes
September 2, 2025
Generative Participatory Design for eHealth Interventions: A Review
The background to this review highlights the increasing importance of stakeholder participation in the development of electronic health (eHealth) interventions. Despite its recognized value,…
Reading time: 9 minutes
September 2, 2025
Meta-Analysis for Imaging Procedure Technical Performance
The article “Meta-analysis of the technical performance of an imaging procedure: Guidelines and statistical methodology,” published in Statistical Methods in Medical Research in 2015,…
Reading time: 8 minutes
September 2, 2025
Florida’s Osteoporosis Burden: Present Costs and Future Projections
The challenge of osteoporosis on the U.S. healthcare system is escalating, driven significantly by the aging population. While national cost estimates exist, there has…
Reading time: 4 minutes
September 2, 2025
Vision-Based Serious Games for Motor Rehabilitation: A Research Methodology
In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, information technologies are transforming rehabilitation practices. Among these, vision-based systems have emerged as a powerful tool for…
Reading time: 3 minutes
September 1, 2025
Lean Six Sigma to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections in Surgery
Please provide a comprehensive summary and in-depth analysis of the attached article, “The application of Lean Six Sigma methodology to reduce the risk of…
Reading time: 6 minutes
September 1, 2025
Evaluating the JBI Scoping Review Methodology: User Experiences and Refinements
This paper, titled “Evaluation of the JBI scoping reviews methodology by current users,” was authored by Hanan Khalil, Marsha Bennett, Christina Godfrey, Patricia McInerney,…
Reading time: 4 minutes
September 1, 2025
Vision-Based Serious Games for Motor Rehabilitation: A Research Methodology
In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, information technologies are transforming rehabilitation practices. Among these, vision-based systems have emerged as a powerful tool for…
Reading time: 3 minutes
September 1, 2025
Compositional Data in Nutritional Epidemiology
This article, titled “Applying compositional data methodology to nutritional epidemiology” by Maria Léa Corrêa Leite, presents a novel and formally appropriate statistical approach for…
Reading time: 4 minutes
September 1, 2025
Q-Methodology: Guiding Healthcare Policy Implementation
This article, “Using Q-methodology to guide the implementation of new healthcare policies,” published in BMJ Quality & Safety, introduces Q-methodology as a valuable approach…
Reading time: 5 minutes
August 31, 2025
Tailoring Implementation Blueprints: A CBT Youth Residential Exemplar
This prompt introduces the article titled “A methodology for generating a tailored implementation blueprint: an exemplar from a youth residential setting” by Cara C.…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 31, 2025
Cognitive Interviewing for Palliative Care Screening Tool Design
Please analyze the following article, “The use of cognitive interviewing methodology in the design and testing of a screening tool for supportive and palliative…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 31, 2025
Comparing Statistical Methods for Cardiac Surgery Report Cards
The study “Impact of Changing the Statistical Methodology on Hospital and Surgeon Ranking: The Case of the New York State Cardiac Surgery Report Card”…
Reading time: 5 minutes
Health Management, Research Methods
August 31, 2025
Lean Transformation in a Public Hospital Emergency Department
This article, “A Structured Approach to Transforming a Large Public Hospital Emergency Department via Lean Methodologies,” authored by Trushar Naik, Yves Duroseau, Shahriar Zehtabchi,…
Reading time: 9 minutes
August 31, 2025
Mapping Health Assets in a Community
The article “Metodología para el mapeo de activos de salud en una comunidad” (Methodology for health assets mapping in a community), published in Gaceta…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 31, 2025
Delphi Framework for Effective Hospital Discharge Planning
Hospital readmissions are a critical indicator of healthcare system performance and quality of patient care. To combat the challenge of avoidable readmissions and ensure…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 30, 2025
Constructive Technology Assessment in Health Care
Are you involved in bringing groundbreaking medical technologies to clinical practice? Do you find that traditional Health Technology Assessments (HTAs) often fall short, with…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 30, 2025
Automated Eligibility for Clinical Trials: A Methodological Synthesis
Recruitment for clinical trials is a knowledge- and data-intensive task that often presents significant challenges for clinical researchers. The efficacy and safety of new…
Reading time: 5 minutes
August 30, 2025
Experience Sampling for Autism: Feasibility and Usability
Understanding the daily experiences of adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in their natural, varied environments is paramount for developing truly client-centered interventions. Traditional…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 30, 2025
Evaluating Knowledge Translation Interventions: A Primer
This article, titled “Methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness of knowledge translation interventions: A primer for researchers and health care managers,” was published in 2011…
Reading time: 6 minutes
August 29, 2025
Assessing Brazilian Primary Care: A Rapid Methodology
This prompt introduces the peer-reviewed article, “A rapid assessment methodology for the evaluation of primary care organization and performance in Brazil,” authored by James…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 29, 2025
French Minimum Data Set for Rare Diseases
This prompt introduces the research article titled “A methodology for a minimum data set for rare diseases to support national centers of excellence for…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 29, 2025
Developing an eClinic for Youth Mental Health: A Participatory Design Approach
The article addresses a critical issue in Australia: many young people aged 16 to 25 experience mental health disorders, yet a small proportion access…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 29, 2025
Redefining Systematic Reviews: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence
This article, titled “Opening-up the definition of systematic literature review: the plurality of worldviews, methodologies and methods for reviews and syntheses,” was co-authored by…
Reading time: 6 minutes
Health Economics, Research Methods
August 29, 2025
Valuing Health States: Methods and Findings from PRET and PRET-AS
This report, authored by Brendan Mulhern and colleagues, presents the methodology and findings of the “Preparatory study for the Re-valuation of the EQ-5D Tariff…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 29, 2025
Structural model robustness checks in PLS-SEM
The article, “Structural model robustness checks in PLS-SEM” by Sarstedt, Ringle, Cheah, Ting, Moisescu, and Radomir (2019), is an invited commentary specifically aimed at…
Reading time: 9 minutes
August 28, 2025
Care for a Break? Informal Caregivers’ Attitudes Toward Respite Care
Summary of the Article: This study, conducted by Job van Exel, Gjalt de Graaf, and Werner Brouwer and published in Health Policy in 2007,…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 28, 2025
Narrative Inquiry: Relational Research in Medical Education
“This article, ‘Narrative inquiry: a relational research methodology for medical education’ by D Jean Clandinin, Marie T Cave, & Charlotte Berendonk (2016), serves as…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 28, 2025
Leapfrog CPOE Evaluation Methodology for Patient Safety
“Prepare to discuss the article titled “Development of the Leapfrog methodology for evaluating hospital implemented inpatient computerized physician order entry systems” authored by P.M.…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 28, 2025
Evaluating the JBI Scoping Review Methodology: User Experiences and Refinements
This document presents an evaluation of the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) scoping reviews methodology, drawing on the experiences of its current users. Scoping reviews…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 28, 2025
Vision-Based Serious Games for Motor Rehabilitation: A Research Methodology
Published in the esteemed International Journal of Medical Informatics, this groundbreaking review article by Ines Ayed, Adel Ghazel, Antoni Jaume-i-Capó, Gabriel Moyà-Alcover, Javier Varona,…
Reading time: 5 minutes
August 28, 2025
Lean Transformation in a Public Hospital Emergency Department
This article, titled “A Structured Approach to Transforming a Large Public Hospital Emergency Department via Lean Methodologies,” details a systematic framework for redesigning Emergency…
Reading time: 6 minutes
Health Management, Research Methods
August 28, 2025
Kaiser Permanente Mortality Model: External Validation and Extension
This paper, titled “The Kaiser Permanente inpatient risk adjustment methodology was valid in an external patient population,” addresses the critical need for accurate prediction…
Reading time: 5 minutes
Health Policy, Research Methods
August 28, 2025
Realist Case Studies for Health in All Policies Implementation
The article, “Strengthening the implementation of Health in All Policies: a methodology for realist explanatory case studies,” was authored by Ketan Shankardass, Emilie Renahy,…
Reading time: 7 minutes
August 28, 2025
Scoping Reviews: Epistemology, Methodology, and Lessons Learned
This article, titled “Scoping reviews in health professions education: challenges, considerations and lessons learned about epistemology and methodology,” authored by Aliki Thomas, Stuart Lubarsky,…
Reading time: 5 minutes
August 27, 2025
Mapping Health Assets in a Community
This groundbreaking article, “Methodology for health assets mapping in a community,” published in Gaceta Sanitaria (2013), unveils a robust and innovative methodology designed to…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 27, 2025
Constructive Technology Assessment in Health Care
The article, titled “Methodology of constructive technology assessment in health care,” was authored by Kirsten F. L. Douma, Kim Karsenberg, Marjan J. M. Hummel,…
Reading time: 9 minutes
August 27, 2025
Experience Sampling for Autism: Feasibility and Usability
Understanding the nuanced, day-to-day experiences of adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is paramount for developing truly client-centered interventions. Traditional retrospective methods, such as…
Reading time: 4 minutes
Bibliometrics in Health Sciences, Research Methods
August 27, 2025
GLOBAL: Guidance for Reporting Bibliometric Analyses
This article addresses a significant and growing concern within scholarly communication: the lack of standardized, evidence-based guidance for reporting bibliometric analyses. Despite their increasing…
Reading time: 8 minutes
August 26, 2025
Health IT Usability Study Methods: A Comprehensive Review and Guidance
In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, the promise of Health Information Technology (IT) to deliver efficient, quality care is often hampered by a…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 26, 2025
Child Health Questionnaire: International Translation and Scaling
The esteemed journal Quality of Life Research proudly featured a seminal paper titled “Canadian-French, German and UK versions of the Child Health Questionnaire: methodology…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 26, 2025
Evaluating Rapid Review Methodologies for Health Policy
In the dynamic landscape of health policy and practice, evidence-informed decision-making is critical, yet it is often hampered by the lack of timely and…
Reading time: 5 minutes
August 26, 2025
Measuring Engagement in Digital Health Interventions
Electronic health (eHealth) and mobile health (mHealth) interventions present a powerful, cost-effective avenue for delivering comprehensive, ongoing, and tailored support to enhance public health.…
Reading time: 5 minutes
August 26, 2025
Cognitive Interviewing for Pediatric PROMIS Item Bank Development
The evaluation of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in healthcare has become increasingly important, with continuous advancements in methods aimed at enhancing the reliability and validity…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 26, 2025
Measuring Health-State Preferences: Strategies and Methodologies
The article “Methodology for Measuring Health-State Preferences—I: Measurement Strategies,” published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology in 1989 by Debra G. Froberg and Robert…
Reading time: 7 minutes
August 26, 2025
Measuring Harm with Trigger Tools
In the pursuit of creating highly reliable organizations for safe healthcare delivery, a critical challenge has persisted: the consistent and effective measurement of patient…
Reading time: 5 minutes
August 26, 2025
Researching Unconventional Therapies: A Methodological Framework
This detailed introductory piece further explores the article “How Should We Research Unconventional Therapies? A Panel Report from the Conference on Complementary and Alternative…
Reading time: 6 minutes
Health Economics, Research Methods
August 26, 2025
Costs of Illness in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: A Review
This critical review, “Costs of Illness in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: A Review of the Methodology,” authored by Thomas A. Hodgson and published in PharmacoEconomics in…
Reading time: 9 minutes
Health Management, Research Methods
August 26, 2025
EUnetHTA: Practical Tools for Health Technology Assessment in Europe
This significant article, authored by Finn Børlum Kristensen, Kristian Lampe, Deborah L. Chase, Sun Hae Lee-Robin, Claudia Wild, Montse Moharra, Marcial Velasco Garrido, Camilla…
Reading time: 8 minutes
Health Management, Research Methods
August 25, 2025
A Multidisciplinary Review of Frailty Methodology
The body of literature on frailty in older persons has experienced substantial growth over the past two decades. Despite a broad consensus among researchers,…
Reading time: 8 minutes
August 25, 2025
Assessing Clinical Guideline Quality: A Generic Methodology
Clinical guidelines are ubiquitous in healthcare, aiming to standardize practice and improve patient outcomes. However, persistent doubts regarding their effectiveness and the frequent inconsistencies…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 25, 2025
DASS-21 Measurement Properties: A Systematic Review
The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales–21 (DASS-21) is a concise, widely used, and freely available self-report instrument designed to measure emotional symptoms of depression, anxiety,…
Reading time: 6 minutes
August 25, 2025
Self-Controlled Case Series Study Methodology
The self-controlled case series (SCCS) method, often referred to simply as the case series method, is a powerful and increasingly utilized statistical methodology in…
Reading time: 6 minutes
August 25, 2025
Q-Methodology: Understanding Physician Views on Health Informatics
The implementation of information technologies in healthcare often faces complex challenges, not least among them, the varying opinions and resistance of medical professionals. The…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 24, 2025
Forecasting Future Health: A Three-Dimensional Approach to Mortality
This article, titled “New Forecasting Methodology Indicates More Disease And Earlier Mortality Ahead For Today’s Younger Americans,” authored by Eric N. Reither, S. Jay…
Reading time: 6 minutes
August 24, 2025
COSMIN: Evaluating Patient-Reported Outcome Measures’ Content Validity
This article, “COSMIN methodology for evaluating the content validity of patient-reported outcome measures: a Delphi study,” published in Quality of Life Research in 2018,…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 24, 2025
Enhancing Scoping Study Methodology: An Inter-professional Team’s Experience
This insightful article, “Enhancing the scoping study methodology: a large, inter-professional team’s experience with Arksey and O’Malley’s framework”, published by Daudt, van Mossel, and…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 24, 2025
Issues in Translation Methodology: External Validity and Generalization
The article, “Evaluating the Relevance, Generalization, and Applicability of Research Issues in External Validation and Translation Methodology,” by Lawrence W. Green and Russell E.…
Reading time: 9 minutes
August 24, 2025
Cracking The Code: Why Doctors Ignore Your Surveys
The article, “Methodologies for Improving Response Rates in Surveys of Physicians: A Systematic Review,” by Jonathan B. VanGeest, Timothy P. Johnson, and Verna L.…
Reading time: 6 minutes
August 23, 2025
Systematic Reviews of Healthcare Interventions: Methodology and Practice
This article, titled “Methodology in conducting a systematic review of systematic reviews of healthcare interventions” by Valerie Smith and colleagues, offers a comprehensive guide…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 23, 2025
Cluster Searching for Complex Interventions: A Case Study Methodology
Are you conducting systematic reviews of complex interventions and struggling to uncover the essential theoretical underpinnings and rich contextual details that explain “what works…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 23, 2025
EHR Data Versus Administrative Claims for Quality Measurement
In an era increasingly focused on pay-for-performance programs and improved patient outcomes, the accuracy of healthcare quality measures is paramount. A pivotal study by…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 23, 2025
Quantitative Risk-Benefit Assessment Methods for Pharmaceuticals
This insightful article, authored by Jeff J. Guo and colleagues, provides a comprehensive review of quantitative risk-benefit assessment (RBA) methodologies specifically tailored for pharmaceuticals.…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 23, 2025
Critique of Back-Translation in Health Research
Are you involved in health research with linguistically diverse populations? Do you rely on back-translation to validate your research instruments? A groundbreaking article by…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 23, 2025
Reliability of Nutritional Screening and Assessment Tools
Are you involved in the development or application of nutritional screening and assessment tools? Do you strive for the highest standards of accuracy and…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 23, 2025
Systematic Review of Implementation Science Instruments
This article introduces the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (SIRC) Instrument Review Project (IRP), a groundbreaking initiative aimed at enhancing the rigor of evaluations…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 23, 2025
Scaling Methods for Measuring Health-State Preferences
This paper, authored by Debra G. Froberg and Robert L. Kane and published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology in 1989, is titled “Methodology…
Reading time: 9 minutes
August 22, 2025
Q-Methodology in Healthcare: A Scoping Review
“I am pleased to introduce the insightful article ‘A scoping review of Q-methodology in healthcare research’ by Churruca, Ludlow, Wu, Gibbons, Nguyen, Ellis, and…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 22, 2025
Transparent Rapid Evidence Assessment Methodology
The article, “Rapid evidence assessment: increasing the transparency of an emerging methodology” by Varker, Forbes, Dell, Weston, Merlin, Hodson, and O’Donnell (2015), addresses the…
Reading time: 2 minutes
August 22, 2025
Achievable Benchmarks of Care: Concepts and Methodology
Please analyze the seminal article “Identifying achievable benchmarks of care: concepts and methodology” published in the International Journal for Quality in Health Care in…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 22, 2025
Publishing in AMJ: Topic Choice
Are you looking to make a significant impact with your research in the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ)? Dive into the inaugural part of…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 22, 2025
Publishing in AMJ: Research Design for Success
Are you looking to enhance the quality of your research submissions and increase your chances of publication in top-tier journals like the Academy of…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 22, 2025
Crafting Methods and Results for AMJ Publication
This editorial, “Publishing in AMJ—Part 5: Crafting the Methods and Results,” authored by Yan (Anthea) Zhang and Jason D. Shaw, is a crucial installment…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 22, 2025
Grounding Hypotheses for AMJ Publication
Are you preparing a manuscript for The Academy of Management Journal (AMJ)? Do you want your hypotheses to stand out, clearly grounded in robust…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 22, 2025
Publishing Qualitative Research in AMJ
This editorial, authored by Pratima (Tima) Bansal and Kevin Corley (2012), serves as the seventh and final installment in the “Publishing in AMJ” series.…
Reading time: 4 minutes
Health Management, Research Methods
August 22, 2025
Interpretive Description for Medical Education Research
This paper serves as an essential introduction to “Interpretive Description (ID): A Flexible Qualitative Methodology for Medical Education Research” by Julie Thompson Burdine, Sally…
Reading time: 9 minutes
August 22, 2025
Publishing in AMJ: Discussing Theoretical Implications
This editorial, “FROM THE EDITORS: PUBLISHING IN ‘AMJ’-PART 6: DISCUSSING THE IMPLICATIONS,” authored by Marta Geletkanycz and Bennett J. Tepper, is a crucial installment…
Reading time: 2 minutes
Patient Safety, Research Methods
August 22, 2025
Adverse Drug Event Trigger Tool: A Practical Methodology
The article “Adverse drug event trigger tool: a practical methodology for measuring medication related harm” by J. D. Rozich, C. R. Haraden, and R.…
Reading time: 8 minutes
August 22, 2025
Consensus Methodology: Descriptions and Recommendations for Research
This article, titled “Is There a Consensus on Consensus Methodology? Descriptions and Recommendations for Future Consensus Research,” by Jane Waggoner, Jan D. Carline, and…
Reading time: 9 minutes
Health Economics, Research Methods
August 21, 2025
Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics: A Review
This paper, “Discrete choice experiments in health economics: A review of the literature” by Esther W. de Bekker‐Grob, Mandy Ryan, and Karen Gerard, provides…
Reading time: 7 minutes
August 20, 2025
Publishing in AMJ: Mastering the Scholarly Manuscript
Abstract: For scholars in the field of management, publishing in top-tier journals like the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) is a significant career milestone.…
Reading time: 13 minutes
August 19, 2025
Setting the Hook: Crafting Effective Introductions in Academia
The provided article, “Publishing in AMJ—Part 3: Setting the Hook,” is an editorial from the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) that offers detailed guidance…
Reading time: 7 minutes
August 19, 2025
The Multifaceted Nature of Validity in Research
This article, authored by Weng Marc Lim, offers a comprehensive typology of validity, a fundamental concept for ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and applicability of…
Reading time: 8 minutes
August 19, 2025
Common Method Bias in PLS-SEM
This article by Ned Kock, published in October 2015, offers a comprehensive discussion and practical solution for common method bias (CMB) within the domain…
Reading time: 5 minutes
Health Economics, Research Methods
August 17, 2025
Interrupted Time Series Design in Healthcare: Methodology and Reporting
The article you shared, “Methodology and reporting characteristics of studies using interrupted time series design in healthcare” by Hudson, Fielding, and Ramsay, is a…
Reading time: 7 minutes
Health Economics, Research Methods
August 17, 2025
Intensive Care Costs Across Four European Countries
This article, “Direct Cost Analysis of Intensive Care Unit Stay in Four European Countries: Applying a Standardized Costing Methodology,” published in Value in Health…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 17, 2025
Medical Students’ Attitudes Toward Science and Research Methodology
This paper, titled “Teaching research methodology in medical schools: students’ attitudes towards and knowledge about science,” by Hren, Lukić, Marušić, Vodopivec, Vujaklija, Hrabak, and…
Reading time: 5 minutes
August 16, 2025
Patient Compliance in Medical Research: Methodology Issues
This review article, “Patient Compliance and Medical Research: Issues in Methodology,” by Joy Melnikow and C. Tarina Kiefe, published in the Journal of General…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 16, 2025
Telemedicine Services in Hospitals: Evaluation and Implementation
This prompt introduces the article titled “A systematic review of the methodologies used to evaluate telemedicine service initiatives in hospital facilities”. This systematic review…
Reading time: 5 minutes
August 16, 2025
Cost-of-Illness Studies: Review of Direct Cost Methodologies
This article, titled “Cost-of-Illness Studies in the United States: A Systematic Review of Methodologies Used for Direct Cost,” published in Value in Health, provides…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 16, 2025
Paradigm Shifts in Healthcare Management Research, 2020–2025: AI, Mixed Methods, and Adaptive Measurement
From 2020 to 2025, healthcare management research shifted from siloed, single-method studies to integrated, data-intensive and hybrid designs. Two engines drive this change. First,…
Reading time: 5 minutes
August 15, 2025
Age-Period-Cohort Models: A Comparative Study
This prompt introduces the research article titled “Age-Period-Cohort Models: A Comparative Study of Available Methodologies”. Authored by Chris Robertson, Sara Gandini, and Peter Boyle,…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 15, 2025
Stepped Wedge Trials: Statistical Methods and Design Appropriateness
This document presents a detailed overview of the research article “Stepped wedge cluster randomised trials: a review of the statistical methodology used and available”…
Reading time: 3 minutes
Health Economics, Research Methods
August 14, 2025
Time Trade-off: Methodologies, Variations, and Standardization
A new study published in The European Journal of Health Economics by Arthur E. Attema and colleagues sheds light on the significant variability in…
Reading time: 5 minutes
August 14, 2025
RETREAT: Choosing Qualitative Evidence Synthesis Methods
This article, titled “Structured methodology review identified seven (RETREAT) criteria for selecting qualitative evidence synthesis approaches,” was authored by Andrew Booth, Jane Noyes, Kate…
Reading time: 5 minutes
August 14, 2025
Measuring End-of-Life Care Quality with Administrative Data
Introduction Prompt: This text introduces the article titled “Towards using administrative databases to measure population-based indicators of quality of end-of-life care: testing the methodology”…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 14, 2025
Pseudoinnovation: Healthcare Quality Improvement Methodologies
Prompt: Please analyze the provided article, “Pseudoinnovation: the development and spread of healthcare quality improvement methodologies” by Kieran Walshe, published in the International Journal…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 14, 2025
Advancing Scoping Study Methodology: Perceptions, Terminology, and Steps
Article Overview: This research article addresses the persistent lack of universal agreement on terminology, definition, and methodological steps for scoping studies (or reviews). Scoping…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 14, 2025
Bridging Clinical and Environmental Health Through Evidence-Based Medicine
This seminal article, “An Evidence-Based Medicine Methodology To Bridge The Gap Between Clinical And Environmental Health Sciences,” addresses a critical void in public health…
Reading time: 7 minutes
August 14, 2025
QALY Calculation: Methodology and Transparency in Research
Introduction: “Today, we will delve into a crucial paper published in Health Economics in 2004 by Gerald Richardson and Andrea Manca, titled ‘Calculation of…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 14, 2025
Regression Methodology for ROC Curve Estimation
Introductory Prompt for the Article: Title: A General Regression Methodology for ROC Curve Estimation Authors: Anna N. Angelos Tosteson, MS, and Colin B. Begg,…
Reading time: 3 minutes
August 13, 2025
Evaluating Research Methodology Workshops: A Kirkpatrick Model Study
“I am pleased to introduce a relevant and insightful article titled “Evaluating a research methodology workshop among postgraduate students using Kirkpatrick’s model,” authored by…
Reading time: 3 minutes
Health Management, Research Methods
August 13, 2025
Digital Tools in UK Clinical Research
You are about to delve into a comprehensive mixed-methods study titled “Using digital tools in clinical, health and social care research: a mixed-methods study…
Reading time: 4 minutes
August 13, 2025
Evaluating Clinical Research Hypotheses: Metrics, Instruments, and Validation
This article, “Development, validation, and usage of metrics to evaluate the quality of clinical research hypotheses” by Jing et al. (2025), presents a significant…
Reading time: 3 minutes
Health Sociology, Research Methods
August 13, 2025
Network Analysis in Public Health
Published in the Annual Review of Public Health, this groundbreaking work offers a comprehensive exploration of network analysis as both a powerful methodological tool…
Reading time: 3 minutes
Health Sociology, Research Methods
August 13, 2025
Factorial Surveys: Sociology’s Study of Human Judgment
This article by Lisa Wallander, titled “25 years of factorial surveys in sociology: A review,” offers an easy-to-follow overview of how the factorial survey…
Reading time: 3 minutes
July 28, 2025
Confounder Selection in High-Impact Medical Journals
This article, titled “Confounder Selection in Observational Studies in High-Impact Medical and Epidemiological Journals,” was authored by Luis C. L. Correia, Rafael F. Mascarenhas,…
Reading time: 2 minutes
July 11, 2025
Optimizing Qualitative Research Interviews: A Guide to Sample Size
This introductory text provides an overview of the article “Sample Size for Interview in Qualitative Research in Social Sciences: A Guide to Novice Researchers”…
Reading time: 4 minutes
Artificial Intelligence, Research Methods
July 5, 2025
Thematic Analysis with AI: A Step-by-Step Guide
This article, titled “Thematic Analysis and Artificial Intelligence: A Step-by-Step Process for Using ChatGPT in Thematic Analysis,” by Muhammad Naeem, Tracy Smith, and Lorna…
Reading time: 3 minutes
July 3, 2025
Big Q: Guidelines for Qualitative Research Reporting
This article, titled “Reporting guidelines for qualitative research: a values-based approach,” is authored by Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke. It was published in Qualitative…
Reading time: 5 minutes
June 27, 2025
Revitalizing Critical Management Studies: A Shift to Three-Dimensional Thinking
This detailed English write-up introduces the paper “Critical Management Studies: From One-Dimensional Critique to Three-Dimensional Scepticism” by Mats Alvesson and André Spicer. The authors…
Reading time: 7 minutes
Patient Safety, Research Methods
June 27, 2025
Global Trigger Tool vs. Voluntary Reporting in Adverse Event Detection
This article, titled “Application of Global Trigger Tools in University Hospital and Comparison to Volunteer Adverse Events Reporting System”, delves into a critical aspect…
Reading time: 3 minutes
June 26, 2025
Qualitative Research: Features and Guiding Principles
Research, at its core, is a complex and multifaceted scholarly undertaking that involves systematic actions, decisions, and procedures aimed at generating new knowledge across…
Reading time: 7 minutes
June 26, 2025
Rapid Research Methods in Health Education: A Practical Guide
This article, titled “Twelve tips for using rapid research methods in health professions education,” provides a practical guide for researchers and decision-makers on adapting…
Reading time: 3 minutes
June 26, 2025
Evolving Trends in Sentiment Analysis Research
“Survey on sentiment analysis: evolution of research methods and topics” is a comprehensive academic paper published in Artificial Intelligence Review. This survey, authored by…
Reading time: 4 minutes
June 26, 2025
Quantitative Research Fundamentals in Mental Health Nursing
This paper, titled “Fundamentals of Quantitative Research Methods in Mental Health Nursing” by Paul Slater, is the inaugural piece in a series designed to…
Reading time: 4 minutes
June 25, 2025
Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Confirmatory Composite Analysis
The article titled “Assessing Measurement Model Quality in PLS-SEM Using Confirmatory Composite Analysis” by Joe F. Hair Jr., Matt C. Howard, and Christian Nitzl,…
Reading time: 5 minutes
Health Management, Research Methods
June 23, 2025
Health Literacy and Cancer Screenings: Insights from Latent Profile Analysis
The article titled “Relationship between health literacy, health fatalism and attitudes towards cancer screenings: latent profile analysis” by Uncu et al. (2025), published in…
Reading time: 2 minutes
June 20, 2025
Data-Driven vs Theory-Driven Research Methods
Data-driven and theory-driven approaches represent two distinct perspectives on how to conduct research and implement practices. A data-driven approach aims to identify patterns, associations,…
Reading time: 4 minutes
June 19, 2025
Exploring Fuzzy-Set Analysis: Impacts on Business Strategy and Management
The article titled “Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) in business and management research: A contemporary overview” by Kumar et al. (2022), published in Technological…
Reading time: 3 minutes
June 19, 2025
Thematic Analysis: A Six-Step Framework for Qualitative Research
The article by Naeem et al. (2023), titled “A Step-by-Step Process of Thematic Analysis to Develop a Conceptual Model in Qualitative Research”, offers a…
Reading time: 4 minutes
Bibliometrics in Health Sciences, Research Methods
June 17, 2025
A Step-by-Step Guide to Bibliometric Analysis Techniques
The article, How to Conduct a Bibliometric Analysis: An Overview and Guidelines by Naveen Donthu, Satish Kumar, Debmalya Mukherjee, Nitesh Pandey, and Weng Marc…
Reading time: 4 minutes
Bibliometrics in Health Sciences, Research Methods
June 16, 2025
Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling Research
Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) has evolved from a niche methodological approach to a central tool for researchers across disciplines. In their…
Reading time: 3 minutes
June 13, 2025
Understanding Statistical Power Analysis in Psychology
In recent years, social and personality psychology research has faced growing criticism, particularly due to small sample sizes. This has underscored the importance of…
Reading time: 5 minutes
Artificial Intelligence, Research Methods
June 5, 2025
How to Choose the Right Variables in Health Services Machine Learning
As healthcare datasets grow more complex, researchers face a critical challenge: how to distill thousands of variables into a model that’s both accurate and…
Reading time: 2 minutes
























































































































































































