About the Authors Miriam R. B. Abbott, MA, RN, is an associate professor and faculty fellow, Mount Carmel College of Nursing, Columbus, Ohio. Jami Nininger, DNP, RN, is associate dean of academic affairs, Mount Carmel College of Nursing. For more information, contact Miriam R. B. Abbott at
Nurs Educ Perspect. 2023;44(3):159-163. doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001116.
The project aims to explore replication, as a concept and practice, in nursing education research.
Replication practices are important features supporting the science of nursing education. The absence of replication studies in the wider education community raises questions about the potential for similar absences in nursing education. As such, an investigation into replication practices within nursing education provides directions for future discussion.
Using Scopus and databases of nursing education journals, three search strategies were launched to assess replication practices using bibliometric data and content analysis.
Inconsistency in definitions of the term replication creates barriers to recognizing replication attempts in the body of literature. Based on bibliometric data and content analysis, conceptual replication appears to be common in highly cited nursing education research.
Within the academic nursing community, consensus on the meaning of the term and promotion of practices that support replication is recommended.
本项目旨在探讨复制作为一个概念和实践在护理教育研究中的应用。
复制实践是支持护理教育科学的重要特征。更广泛的教育界缺乏复制研究，这引发了对护理教育中可能存在类似缺失的质疑。因此，对护理教育中复制实践的调查为未来的讨论提供了方向。
使用 Scopus 和护理教育期刊数据库，采用三种搜索策略，利用文献计量学数据和内容分析评估复制实践。
复制术语定义的不一致性为在文献中识别复制尝试设置了障碍。基于文献计量学数据和内容分析，概念复制在高引用的护理教育研究中似乎很常见。
建议在学术护理界就该术语的含义达成共识，并推广支持复制的实践。
