| 2026-10-31 | Sequential pattern mining identified patterns of healthcare encounters preceding diagnosis of juvenile arthritis in a Canadian province’s health administrative data | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Lily Siok Hoon Lim, Connor Hryhoruk, Ruth Ann Marrie et al. | University of Manitoba; Dalhousie University |
| 2026-10-31 | Comparison of statistical methods for sequential parallel comparison designs with time-to-event endpoints under non-proportional hazards | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Xinlin Lu, Guogen Shan | University of Florida |
| 2026-10-31 | Validation of the Kythera Labs all-payer real-world data asset: a provenance-anchored nine-block framework for tokenized evidence generation | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Onur Başer | City University of New York; Boğaziçi University |
| 2026-10-30 | Implications of non-compliance in the experimental arm on treatment effect estimation in randomised controlled trials: a methodological assessment of four summary measures | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Tianyuan Gu, Junxian Zhu, Jialiang Li et al. | National University of Singapore; National University Health System; National University Cancer Institute, Singapore; … |
| 2026-10-29 | Measurement validity induction: a issues in the assessment, and measuring constructs through scales and instruments | BMC Medical Research Methodology | César Merino‐Soto, Arturo Juárez-García, Javier García-Rivas et al. | Universidad de San Martín de Porres; Tecnológico de Monterrey; Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos; … |
| 2026-10-28 | The use of interpretability methods in machine learning models for predicting current disease presence or future disease occurrence using structured data on potential risk factors: a systematic review of observational epidemiological studies in populations unselected for existing disease | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Iqbal Madakkatel, Kitty Pham, Elina Hyppӧnen | South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute; Adelaide University; The University of Adelaide |
| 2026-10-28 | Integrating artificial neural network-based propensity score and outcome regression information into a multi-index propensity score framework for average causal effect estimation | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Jiaqin Xu, Rucheng Chen, Yaning Feng et al. | Zhejiang Chinese Medical University; Shanxi University |
| 2026-10-28 | Real-world performance of large-scale propensity score adjustment strategies: matching, weighting, and stratification | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Kelly M Li, Martijn J. Schuemie, Patrick B. Ryan et al. | University of California, Los Angeles; Janssen Research & Development (United States); Columbia University Irving Medical Center; … |
| 2026-10-28 | Performance of different algorithms in dealing with missing data in the presence of structural bias: a simulation study | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Yulin Gong, Mina Habib, Onyebuchi A. Arah et al. | University of California, Los Angeles; Aarhus University |
| 2026-10-27 | Beyond regulatory compliance: strengthening reporting quality and transparency in ClinicalTrials.gov | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Alejandro Rivero‐de‐Aguilar, Mónica Pérez‐Ríos, Alberto Ruano‐Raviña et al. | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela; Complejo Hospitalario de Pontevedra; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago; … |
| 2026-10-26 | Structuring evidence in air pollution and cognitive impairment research using a role-analysis framework built on LLM-based entity extraction | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Hao Zhu, Simeng Liu, Kaiqi Lu et al. | Shanxi Medical University |
| 2026-10-24 | Correction: How have contemporary research studies used social media to recruit to digital self-help intervention research for young people’s mental health?: a mapping review | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Sophie Dallison, Sara Munir, Emma Chubb et al. | University of Bath |
| 2026-10-24 | A joint extreme value and mixed copula framework for modeling blood pressure extremes and BMI association | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Xinjie Lian, Xiaojun Zhu, Chengxiu Ling et al. | Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University; Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University; Suzhou University |
| 2026-10-24 | Investigating the instability of variable selection in Lasso-penalized Cox proportional hazards models: a simulation study on low-dimensional real-world medical data | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Bartosz Dobies, Dörte Huscher | Jagiellonian University; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Freie Universität Berlin; … |
| 2026-10-24 | Exact divide-and-recombine estimation for negative binomial regression: a simulation study and application to SPARCS hospital length-of-stay data | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Md. Mahadi Hassan Nayem | University of Chittagong |
| 2026-10-24 | Scoping review of software implementations of risk-of-bias tools and quantitative bias analysis methods for sample selection bias | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Audinga‐Dea Hazewinkel, Elinor Curnow, Kate M. Tilling et al. | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; University of Bristol; MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit |
| 2026-10-23 | Pragmatic strategies to improve reach and representativeness in a hybrid type 1 hypertension trial in older adults | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Aditi Gupta, Xing Song, Kate Young et al. | University of Kansas Medical Center; University of Missouri; University of Utah |
| 2026-10-23 | Improved classification of agricultural injuries from free-text analysis of pre-hospital care reports under temporal drift | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Laura Jones, Erika Scott, Nicole L. Krupa et al. | Bassett Medical Center; University of Michigan |
| 2026-10-22 | ShapleyHALE: an R package for ordering-free decomposition of health-adjusted life expectancy change with population-level interaction indices, demonstrated using Global Burden of Disease Study data | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Xueqi Li, Wei Hu, Bo Yan et al. | Sichuan University; Sun Yat-sen University; Guangzhou Medical University; … |
| 2026-10-21 | A unified likelihood approach for progressive multistate frailty models under double censoring: application to retinopathy of prematurity | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Aniseh Dadgar, Hojjat Zeraati, Fatemeh Bazvand et al. | Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Farabi Hospital |
| 2026-10-21 | Estimating hypothetical estimands with time-to-event intercurrent events using controlled direct effect under semi-competing risk framework | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Kunpeng Wu, Shiyu Feng, Tianlong Wang et al. | Sun Yat-sen University |
| 2026-10-21 | Optimizing parametric survival model selection: an analysis using constructed individual patient data extracted from oncology trials from 2014 to 2023 | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Mingye Zhao, Taihang Shao, Hanqiao Shao et al. | China Pharmaceutical University; Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2026-10-21 | Matrix tools to identify and evaluate quantitative bias analysis methods for summary-level epidemiologic data | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Luís Cláudio Lemos Correia, Ashley Isaac Naimi, Xiaoting Shi et al. | Emory University; University of South Carolina; United States Food and Drug Administration; … |
| 2026-10-21 | Adaptive platform trials: A revolution or a fleeting trend? A review of the strengths and limitations | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Brett Doleman, Kristian Thorlund, Caroline Barkholt Kamp et al. | University of Nottingham; McMaster University; University of Copenhagen; … |
| 2026-10-19 | A pragmatic workflow for handling missing PROM data in registry studies: a methodological scoping review and simulated worked example | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Johan Eriksson | Umeå University |
| 2026-10-17 | Loss of power by degree of heaping in covariables | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Matthias Becher, Willi Sauerbrei, Heiko Becher | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Freie Universität Berlin; Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin; … |
| 2026-10-16 | Methodological issues relating to case study site selection for a study of emergency department waiting | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Bella Wheeler, Joan Eliel Madia, Stuart Redding et al. | University of Oxford |
| 2026-10-16 | A finite-sample inferential framework for the weighted kappa coefficient (FWKC) in binary diagnostic agreement studies | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Ismail Radi Ismail Fkhadah | Universidad de Granada |
| 2026-10-16 | Sequential randomization tests using e-values for clinical trial monitoring across endpoint types | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Fernando Godinho Zampieri, Arthur M. Albuquerque, Aaditya Ramdas | University of Alberta; Canadian VIGOUR Centre; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; … |
| 2026-10-15 | Quantifying and adjusting for verification bias in diagnostic test accuracy studies with conditional reference standards | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Vera Hudak, Nicky J. Welton, Efthymia Derezea et al. | University of Bristol |
| 2026-10-15 | Initial data analysis of the national German transplantation registry with a focus on kidney transplantation | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Lukas Klein, Gunter Grieser, Carl‐Ludwig Fischer‐Fröhlich et al. | Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences; German Organ Transplantation Foundation; Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg |
| 2026-10-14 | Impact of exposure time trends on estimators of self-controlled designs in drug safety assessment using electronic healthcare databases: a simulation study | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Masatomo Omiya, Tosiya Shun Sato | Kyoto University; Shiga University; The Institute of Statistical Mathematics |
| 2026-10-14 | A comparison of mixed-models for the analysis of non-linear longitudinal data: application to late-life cognitive trajectories | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Maude Wagner, Don Hedeker, Tianhao Wang et al. | Rush University Medical Center |
| 2026-10-13 | Degrees of freedom and inconsistency-generating mechanisms in global inconsistency testing: a simulation comparison of DBTI and Loop models in NMA | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Qian Liang, Zhenming Zhang, Wenlai Guo et al. | Jilin University; Second Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University; Shanxi Normal University; … |
| 2026-10-13 | Synthesis of comparisons of multiple interventions in infectious diseases research: a scoping review | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Rukshala Kavindi Gunaratne, Gethmini A. Siriwardena, Robert J. Commons et al. | The University of Melbourne; Charles Darwin University; Menzies School of Health Research; … |
| 2026-10-12 | A mixed-methods randomised controlled trial of consent procedures in adolescent health research: implications for participation, completion, and data integrity | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Emma Soneson, Holly Alice Bear, Mohammad Karimipour et al. | University of Oxford |
| 2026-10-08 | Non-response and attrition in a longitudinal study: results from the Swiss Spinal Cord Injury (SwiSCI) Community Surveys | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Anita Feller, Mahesh Sarki, Mirja H. Gross-Hemmi et al. | University of Lucerne; Swiss Paraplegic Research |
| 2026-10-08 | Making trials more efficient: a randomised study within a trial evaluating self-directed online versus phone call enrolment processes | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Matthew McDonald, Lucy J Sharpe, Toby Pavey et al. | Curtin University; Queensland University of Technology; Flinders University; … |
| 2026-10-05 | Visual extraction of individual patient data from published kaplan-meier survival plots using a web-based application offering different reconstruction methods (V-Exploder) | BMC Medical Research Methodology | Fabian Acker, Lea Ruge, Maximilian Rost et al. | Goethe University Frankfurt; University Hospital Frankfurt; University Hospital Cologne; … |