Introducing our series: research synthesis and meta-research in biology

Research synthesis is the process of bringing together findings and attributes from different publications, for example, to give a more complete description of phenomena than is usually possible in a single work. We bring the Research Synthesis Series to BMC Biology to promote meta-analyses, other research syntheses including meta-research studies, and research synthesis methodologies in biology, facilitating their dissemination to broader communities. ispartof: BMC BIOLOGY vol:18 issue:1 ispartof: location:England status: published