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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	E05.581.500 H01.770.644.728
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 Data Reporting Data Reporting Reporting, Data 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 Methodology Research Methodology Methodology, 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

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Research Design".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Methods [E05.581]
Research Design [E05.581.500]
Natural Sciences [H]
Natural Science Disciplines [H01]
Science [H01.770]
Research [H01.770.644]
Research Design [H01.770.644.728]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Research Design".

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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.

Bar chart showing 297 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 22 publications in 2023

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	4	4
1998	1	2	3
2001	0	1	1
2002	0	4	4
2003	0	3	3
2004	0	9	9
2005	3	8	11
2006	4	10	14
2007	7	4	11
2008	3	8	11
2009	4	11	15
2010	3	4	7
2011	2	11	13
2012	2	5	7
2013	7	7	14
2014	3	8	11
2015	8	11	19
2016	7	6	13
2017	5	8	13
2018	1	17	18
2019	4	14	18
2020	7	8	15
2021	7	10	17
2022	2	8	10
2023	6	16	22
2024	1	5	6
2025	1	7	8

Below are the most recent publications written about "Research Design" by people in Profiles.

Lopez AR, Lim AC, Escobedo R, Chung N, Chien L, Calzo JP, Urada L, Aceves B, Jell? S, Smiley SL, Felner JK. Addressing Tobacco-Related Disparities Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness by Engaging Youth Collaborators in Intervention Research: Protocol for a Multimethod, Community-Based Participatory Research Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Aug 19; 14:e69441.

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Miller HN, Wong E, Byiringiro S, Hussain Z, Guerrero Vazquez M, Lewis-Land C, Skelton B, Curriero S, Foster A, Moghimi F, Tomiwa O, Shaia J, Sheikhattari P, Wang NY, Dennison Himmelfarb CR. CONNECT Platform to Increase Diverse Engagement and Enrollment in Cardiovascular Clinical Research: Rationale, Design, and Lessons Learned in Early Implementation. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Aug 19; 14(16):e038351.

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Hedden L, Grudniewicz A, Katz A, Lavergne MR, McDonald T, Rudoler D, Austin N, Halas G, Spencer S, Thelen R, Mathews M, McCracken R, McGrail K, Shiplett H, Strumpf EC. Informing family physician payment reform in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial, multimethod study. BMJ Open. 2025 Jun 20; 15(6):e103894.

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Andrews LIB, Halloran ME, Neuzil KM, van der Laan L, Huang Y, Andriesen J, Patel M, Fisher LH, Janes H, Rouphael N, Walsh SR, Theodore DA, Tieu HV, Sobieszczyk M, El Sahly HM, Baden LR, Falsey AR, Campbell TB, Kelley CF, Healy CM, Immergluck L, Luft B, Hirsch I, de Bruyn G, Truyers C, Priddy F, Sumner KM, Flannery B, Follmann D, Gilbert PB. Evaluating the Test-Negative Design for COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Using Randomized Trial Data: A Secondary Cross-Protocol Analysis of 5 Randomized Clinical Trials. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 05 01; 8(5):e2512763.

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Lavergne MR, Easley J, Grudniewicz A, Hedden L, McDonald T, Rudoler D, Saur? A, Correia RH, Dufour ?, Gallant F, Hakim J, Johnson C, Jose C, Katz A, MacKenzie A, Martin-Misener R, McCracken R, Nethery E, Piccinini-Vallis H, Peterson S, Scott I, Shiplett H, Simkin S, Spencer S, Thelen R, Welton S, Wilson E. Changing primary care capacity in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial mixed methods study. BMJ Open. 2025 Mar 21; 15(3):e099302.

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Bussi?res A, Passmore S, Kopansky-Giles D, Tavares P, Ward J, Ladwig J, Glazebrook C, Mior S, Atkinson-Graham M, Moss J, Robak N, Broeckelmann E, Monias DA, Mckay DZ, Hamilton H, Scott M, Smolinski R, Hurwitz EL, Woolf AD, Johnson M, Fowler-Woods MJ, Haldeman S. Assessing the readiness and feasibility to implement a model of care for spine disorders and related disability in Cross Lake, an Indigenous community in northern Manitoba, Canada: a research protocol. Chiropr Man Therap. 2025 Mar 13; 33(1):12.

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P?rez CM, Kiefe CI, Person SD, Tucker KL, Torres P, Sandoval E, Boneu C, Ram?rez Z, Mattei J, Rodr?guez-Orengo J, Almod?var-Rivera I, Rosal MC. The Puerto Rico Young Adults' Stress, Contextual, Behavioral, and Cardiometabolic Risk (PR-OUTLOOK) Study: design and methods. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Mar 04; 194(3):587-597.

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Tereshchenko LG, Manyara AM, Ciani O, Sodeke SO, Bradford CN, Santangeli P, Kapadia SR, Wazni O, Narayan SM, Chugh SS, Bilchick K, Huizar JF, Vaseghi M, Chung MK, Ellenbogen KA, Taylor RS. A call for transparency, improved reporting, and interpretation of trials using surrogate end points in cardiac electrophysiology. Heart Rhythm. 2025 Aug; 22(8):e492-e499.

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Stratton C, Taylor A, Konstantinidis M, McNiven V, Kannu P, Gill P, Stedman I, Veroniki AA, Offringa M, Potter B, Wong-Rieger D, Adams J, Hodgkinson K, Elliott AM, Neville A, Faughnan M, Dyack S, Zhelnov P, Daly-Cyr J, McGowan J, Straus S, Smith M, Rosella L, Tricco AC. Barriers and facilitators to designing, maintaining, and utilizing rare disease patient registries: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evid Synth. 2025 Mar 01; 23(3):546-553.

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Ben-Eltriki M, Rafiq A, Paul A, Prabhu D, Afolabi MOS, Baslhaw R, Neilson CJ, Driedger M, Mahmud SM, Lacaze-Masmonteil T, Marlin S, Offringa M, Butcher N, Heath A, Kelly LE. Adaptive designs in clinical trials: a systematic review-part I. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2024 Oct 04; 24(1):229.

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