 Research Design
"Research Design" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A plan for collecting and utilizing data so that desired information can be obtained with sufficient precision or so that an hypothesis can be tested properly.
| Descriptor ID |
D012107
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.581.500 H01.770.644.728
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| Concept/Terms |
Research Design- Research Design
- Design, Research
- Designs, Research
- Research Designs
Research Strategy- Research Strategy
- Research Strategies
- Strategies, Research
- Strategy, Research
Error Sources- Error Sources
- Error Source
- Source, Error
- Sources, Error
Scoring Methods- Scoring Methods
- Method, Scoring
- Methods, Scoring
- Scoring Method
Matched Groups- Matched Groups
- Group, Matched
- Groups, Matched
- Matched Group
Research Techniques- Research Techniques
- Research Technique
- Technique, Research
- Techniques, Research
- Research Technics
- Research Technic
- Technic, Research
- Technics, Research
Research Proposal- Research Proposal
- Proposal, Research
- Proposals, Research
- Research Proposals
Data Adjustment- Data Adjustment
- Adjustment, Data
- Adjustments, Data
- Data Adjustments
Problem Formulation- Problem Formulation
- Formulation, Problem
- Formulations, Problem
- Problem Formulations
Experimental Design- Experimental Design
- Experimental Designs
- Design, Experimental
- Designs, Experimental
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Research Design" by people in this website by year, and whether "Research Design" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 1997 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 1998 | 2 | 7 | 9 | | 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2000 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | 2001 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2002 | 3 | 8 | 11 | | 2003 | 3 | 14 | 17 | | 2004 | 3 | 16 | 19 | | 2005 | 9 | 15 | 24 | | 2006 | 3 | 14 | 17 | | 2007 | 4 | 21 | 25 | | 2008 | 4 | 17 | 21 | | 2009 | 14 | 16 | 30 | | 2010 | 4 | 16 | 20 | | 2011 | 9 | 26 | 35 | | 2012 | 13 | 24 | 37 | | 2013 | 24 | 17 | 41 | | 2014 | 22 | 16 | 38 | | 2015 | 14 | 24 | 38 | | 2016 | 9 | 24 | 33 | | 2017 | 13 | 28 | 41 | | 2018 | 24 | 31 | 55 | | 2019 | 18 | 36 | 54 | | 2020 | 13 | 31 | 44 | | 2021 | 24 | 25 | 49 | | 2022 | 19 | 21 | 40 | | 2023 | 13 | 24 | 37 | | 2024 | 7 | 37 | 44 | | 2025 | 16 | 19 | 35 | | 2026 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Research Design" by people in Profiles.
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Hartert T, Rosas-Salazar C, Newcomb DC, Snyder BM, Berdnikovs S, McKennan C, Osmundson S, Liu Z, Tafoya E, Folad W, Simon P, Reiss S, Poleon K, Cephus JY, Kuehnle SN, McKernan KE, Ma S, Anderson LJ, Gebretsadik T. The Wheezing, Asthma and Viral effects on the Epithelial Structure and function (WAVES) birth cohort study: rationale, design and methods to understand airway development and the role of early-life respiratory viral infections on childhood asthma inception. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2026 Jun 09; 13(1).
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Wong K, O'Brien BC, Kiger M, Humphrey-Murto S. Reflexive thematic analysis. Acad Med. 2026 Jun 01; 101(6):737-738.
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Sottile PD, Mikkelsen ME, Peterson RA, Mcgrath M, Carlson N, Higgins C, Clinton MI, Barbour A, Kautz SV, Kwan BM, West S, Ginde AA, Aggarwal N. Does a protocolised oxygenation target impact clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit across the 10 academic and community hospitals in the UCHealth system? Protocol and statistical analysis plan for an EHR-embedded pragmatic stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2026 May 26; 16(5):e110023.
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Turner AR, Guetterman TC. Spiral comparison: operationalizing iterative integration in mixed methods research. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2026 May 11; 26(1).
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Patel SG, Loomans-Kropp HA, Foda ZH, Katona BW, Birz S, Burke CA, Clawson J, Furner B, Hochheimer C, Magnan E, Ricciardiello L, Singh H, Volchenboum S, Watkins M, Yen T, Abbass M, Bartell NJ, Dudley B, Engelking L, Guillem J, Hollis R, Idos G, Jones BA, Kanth P, Kastrinos F, Li D, Lucas AL, Mankaney GN, Maratt JK, Marino D, Melson J, Nguyen LH, Reddy KM, Schrader KA, Silva-Smith R, Singh A, Stanich PP, Stoffel EM, Syngal S, Weiss JM, Yurgelun MB, Zakalik D, Gupta S, Bansal A, Kupfer SS. Lynch syndrome integrative epidemiology and genetics (LINEAGE): rationale for cohort design. Fam Cancer. 2026 May 06; 25(2).
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Nordon-Craft A, Ohtake PJ, Smith JM, Engel HJ, Lowman JD, Moss M, Pastva AM. Next generation trial design for intensive care unit rehabilitation. Phys Ther. 2026 May 05; 106(5).
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Bhargava M, Crouser ED, Barkes BQ, Weise DO, Perlman DM, Epperson LE, Griffin TJ, Jagtap PD, Mehta S, Li L, Leach SM, Maier LA. Molecular characterisation of progressive pulmonary sarcoidosis: protocol for a longitudinal multi-centre study to develop peripheral blood circulating biomarkers for predicting pulmonary sarcoidosis progression. BMJ Open. 2026 Apr 29; 16(4):e119604.
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Assamad D, Hansen A, Fooks K, Luca S, Venkataramanan V, Hsue E, Shickh S, Yan J, Wu V, Badalato L, Balci TB, Beausejour Ladouceur V, Chad L, Chisholm C, Gillespie MK, Huang L, Jarinova O, Lau L, Lee W, Mackley MP, Marshall CR, Mendoza-Londono R, Morel CF, Richer J, Sawyer S, Stavropoulos DJ, Szuto A, Tarnopolsky M, Villani A, Zahavich L, Somerville MJ, Boycott KM, Ungar WJ, Hayeems RZ. Understanding the impact of genomic secondary findings on clinical care and patient experience: a protocol for a prospective observational study. BMJ Open. 2026 Mar 27; 16(3):e115821.
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Correia HE, Dee LE, Byrnes JEK, Fieberg JR, Fortin MJ, Glymour C, Runge J, Shipley B, Shpitser I, Siegel KJ, Sugihara G, von Holle B, Ferraro PJ. Best practices for moving from correlation to causation in ecological research. Nat Commun. 2026 Feb 23; 17(1).
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Morton JM, Applegarth J, Bin Hameed U, Morato M, Aggarwal N, Novotny N, Nguyen N. Utilisation of simulation-based training to teach bedside management of acute gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2026 Feb 15; 16(2):e104498.
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