Meta-research is a bourgeoning field studying topics with significant relevance to health sciences librarianship, such as research reproducibility, peer review, and open access. As a discipline that studies research itself and the practices of researchers, meta-research spans disciplines and encompasses a broad spectrum of topics and methods. The breadth of meta-research presents a significant challenge for identifying published meta-research studies. Introducing a subject heading for meta-research in the controlled vocabularies of literature databases has the potential to increase the visibility of meta-research, further advance the field, and expand its impact on research practices. Given the relatively recent designation of meta-research as a field and its expanding use as a term, now is the time to develop appropriate indexing vocabulary. We seek to call attention to the value of meta-research for health sciences librarianship, describe the challenges of identifying meta-research literature with currently available key terms, and highlight the need to establish controlled vocabulary specific to meta-research.

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认识元研究的价值并使其更容易找到。

元研究是一个新兴领域，研究与健康科学图书馆管理密切相关的主题，例如研究可重复性、同行评审和开放获取。作为一门研究研究本身和研究人员实践的学科，元研究跨越学科，涵盖广泛的主题和方法。元研究的广度对识别已发表的元研究提出了重大挑战。在文献数据库的受控词汇中引入元研究主题标题有可能提高元研究的可见性，进一步推进该领域，并扩大其对研究实践的影响。鉴于元研究作为一个领域的最近指定及其作为术语的广泛使用，现在是开发适当的索引词汇的时候了。我们试图引起人们对元研究对健康科学图书馆管理的价值的关注，描述用当前可用的关键术语识别元研究文献的挑战，并强调建立元研究特有的受控词汇的必要性。