J Med Libr Assoc. 2023 Oct 2;111(4):839-843. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2023.1758.
Meta-research is a bourgeoning field studying topics with significant relevance to health sciences librarianship, such as research reproducibility, peer review, and open access. As a discipline that studies research itself and the practices of researchers, meta-research spans disciplines and encompasses a broad spectrum of topics and methods. The breadth of meta-research presents a significant challenge for identifying published meta-research studies. Introducing a subject heading for meta-research in the controlled vocabularies of literature databases has the potential to increase the visibility of meta-research, further advance the field, and expand its impact on research practices. Given the relatively recent designation of meta-research as a field and its expanding use as a term, now is the time to develop appropriate indexing vocabulary. We seek to call attention to the value of meta-research for health sciences librarianship, describe the challenges of identifying meta-research literature with currently available key terms, and highlight the need to establish controlled vocabulary specific to meta-research.
元研究是一个新兴的领域，研究与健康科学图书馆学密切相关的主题，如研究的可重复性、同行评审和开放获取。作为一门研究研究本身和研究人员实践的学科，元研究跨越学科领域，涵盖了广泛的主题和方法。元研究的广泛性给确定已发表的元研究文献带来了重大挑战。在文献数据库的受控词汇中引入元研究主题词有潜力提高元研究的可见度，进一步推动该领域的发展，并扩大其对研究实践的影响。鉴于元研究最近才被指定为一个领域，并且其作为一个术语的使用范围不断扩大，现在是时候制定适当的索引词汇了。我们旨在强调元研究对健康科学图书馆学的价值，描述当前可用关键词识别元研究文献的挑战，并强调需要建立专门针对元研究的受控词汇。
