Contents: 1 meta-research as discipline, field, or spectrum.Gemma E. Derrick, Nuzha Nuseibeh, Alis Oancea and Xin Xu
2. Map of the handbook of meta-research / Gemma E. Derrick, Nuzha Nuseibeh, Alis Oancea and Xin Xu
Part I: The public value of research
3. Academic values and meta-research / J. Britt Holbrook
4. Responsible research and innovation / Richard Woolley, Paula Otero-Hermida, Irene Monsonís-Payá and Magdalena Wicher
5. Value and the public humanities / Zoe Hope Bulaitis
6. Hard-to-assess research-impact nexuses in the humanities, arts, and social sciences / Alis Oancea
7. Stemm academics' understandings of 'societal value' in the context of the uk impact agenda / Eliel Cohen
8. Sociology in the impact agenda: Is there room for public sociology? / Silje Maria Tellmann and Reetta Muhonen
Part II: Policy and governance of research
9. Changing research policy and practice with evidence: The relationships between meta-research and its stakeholders / Steven Hill
10. Global and national science systems: Synergies and tensions / Simon Marginson
11. The role of funders in shaping the uk research landscape / Frédérique Bone and Beverley Sherbon
12. Mapping the field of evidence production and use / Kathryn Oliver, Euan Adie and Annette Boaz
13. Methods development in evidence synthesis: A dialogue between science and society / James Thomas
14. Meta-research and researcher evaluation / Andrew Plume
15. Research evaluation in China: Policy, practice and prospects / Xin Xu
Part III: Knowledge dynamics in meta-research
16. Changing research publication practices and the rise of research metrics / Thed van Leeuwen
17. Diversification of knowledge production actors (including university-industry partnerships) / Paul Benneworth and Julia Olmos-Peñuela
18. Could orcid play a key role in meta-research? Discussing new analytical possibilities to study the dynamics of science and scientists / Rodrigo Costas, Carmen Corona-Sobrino and Nicolás Robinson-García
19. De-legitimising the social sciences and humanities through peer review / Gemma E. Derrick and Tony Ross-Hellauer
20. Research integrity in publishing: Decolonial perspectives / David Mills and Kelsey Inouye
21. A bibliometric study of bibliometric studies at South African universities / Nelius Boshoff and Similo Ngwenya
22. Diabetes prevention or treatment: What is researched and what is mentioned online? / Fereshteh Didegah
Part IV: Research cultures and careers
23. The state-of-the-art of research on science research careers / Carolina Cañibano, Richard Woolley, Eric J. Iversen and Carmen Corona-Sobrino
24. Meaning and purpose in academic research: Researchers of the 1990s vs 2010s / Gerlese S. Åkerlind
25 post-phd careers: Mobility and 'research' in the non-academic arena / Lynn McAlpine
26. Hiding in plain sight: Research management as a practice and profession in the scholarly ecosystem / Julie Bayley and Kieran Fenby-Hulse
27. Stratification and cumulative advantages in academia: Gender and national differences / Jens Peter Andersen
28. The gendered minoritisation of public engagement with research / Richard Watermeyer
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