SpringerBriefs in Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis

This book series comprises short, methodological books on research synthesis and meta-analysis. Systematic reviews and meta-analysis have become standard methods for identifying, summarizing, and aggregating the results from thematically related studies in the health/medical, social/behavioral, business/management, and biological sciences. However, methodological advances developed across the various disciplines appear to spread only slowly from one discipline to the next, in part because of the limited accessibility of the published content to readers primarily interested in applying systematic review techniques and meta-analysis (as opposed to those at the forefront of methodological developments) and the limited communication across disciplines. To bridge these gaps, and to meet the needs of readers interested in applying the latest techniques and approaches, the overall goal of this SpringerBriefs Series is to provide timely, hands-on, and state-of-the art summaries of recent and emerging topics related to all aspects of research synthesis.