"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1996 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1997 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 1998 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1999 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2000 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2001 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2002 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2003 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2004 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2005 | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| 2006 | 3 | 19 | 22 |
| 2007 | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| 2008 | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| 2009 | 8 | 25 | 33 |
| 2010 | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| 2011 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 2012 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 2013 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 2014 | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| 2015 | 17 | 15 | 32 |
| 2016 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 2017 | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| 2018 | 18 | 21 | 39 |
| 2019 | 10 | 21 | 31 |
| 2020 | 10 | 23 | 33 |
| 2021 | 13 | 17 | 30 |
| 2022 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| 2023 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 2024 | 9 | 19 | 28 |
| 2025 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Research Design" by people in Profiles.
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Meta-Analysis in Clinical Research: An Overview of the Statistics of Evidence Synthesis. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 Jul 01; 15(7):e343-e349.
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Evaluation of a monoclonal antibody against respiratory syncytial virus, clesrovimab, in infants and children: Comprehensive rationale and study design for the late-stage clinical trials. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 Oct; 157:107995.
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A guide to developing harmonized research workflows in a team science context. Exp Neurol. 2025 Oct; 392:115333.
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Evaluating respiratory depression after methadone administration in surgical patients: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2025 May 30; 15(5):e099463.
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"Non-Markovian" and "directional" errors inhibit scientific self-correction and can lead fields of study astray: an illustration using gardening and obesity-related outcomes. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2025 May 24; 25(1):137.
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Moving Beyond Simplistic Research Design in Health Professions Education: What a One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design Will Not Prove. MedEdPORTAL. 2025; 21:11527.
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Adjusting for covariates representing potential confounders, mediators, or competing predictors in the presence of measurement error: Dispelling a potential misapprehension and insights for optimal study design with nutritional epidemiology examples. F1000Res. 2024; 13:827.
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Performance of Two-Phase Designs for the Time-to-Event Outcome and a Case Study Assessing the Relapse Risk Associated With B-ALL Subtypes. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2025 May; 9:e2400223.
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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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The impact of liver transplantation on endpoint selection in alcohol-associated hepatitis trials. Hepatol Commun. 2025 May 01; 9(5).