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Research Synthesis Methods

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1992

ISSN1759-2879eISSN1759-2887

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

3.143

H-Indexi

105

SNIPi

4.066

Total Worksi

962

Total Citationsi

70,773

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mathematical & Computational Biology; Multidisciplinary Sciences; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications962

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1759-2879 / 1759-2887

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

8.4k

2019

9.7k

2020

2.1k

2021

2.8k

2022

1.5k

2023

1.3k

2024

391

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

EducationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematical & Computational BiologyMultidisciplinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsStatistical Methods in Clinical TrialsStatistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeReliability and Agreement in MeasurementAdvanced Causal Inference TechniquesHealth Policy Implementation ScienceMental Health Research TopicsEconomic and Environmental Valuationscientometrics and bibliometrics research

Frequently asked questions about Research Synthesis Methods

Is Research Synthesis Methods a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Research Synthesis Methods: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Research Synthesis Methods?

Research Synthesis Methods is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 6.22.

Is Research Synthesis Methods indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Research Synthesis Methods is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Research Synthesis Methods?