Macro‐level diffusion of a methodological knowledge innovation: Research synthesis methods, 1972–2011

• Published in: Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Vol. 68; no. 12; pp. 2693 - 2708
• Main Author: Sheble, Laura
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Periodicals Inc 01.12.2017
• Subjects: Bibliometrics; Diffusion; Expert systems; Innovations; Knowledge; Knowledge bases (artificial intelligence); Narratives; Novels; Physical sciences; Physics; Science; Social sciences; Synthesis

Use of research synthesis methods has contributed to changes in research practices. In disciplinary literatures, authors indicate motivations to use the methods include needs to (a) translate research‐based knowledge to inform practice and policy decisions, and (b) integrate relatively large and div...