[[edit](/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_practice&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Metascience")] Main article: [Metascience](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metascience "Metascience") There has since been a movement for the use of evidence-based practice in conducting scientific research in an attempt to address the [replication crisis](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis "Replication crisis") and other major issues affecting scientific research.[[24]](#cite_note-24) The application of evidence-based practices to research itself is called [metascience](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metascience "Metascience"), which seeks to increase the quality of scientific research while reducing waste. It is also known as "research on research" and "the science of science", as it uses [research methods](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_methods "Research methods") to study how research is done and where improvements can be made. The five main areas of research in metascience are methodology, reporting, [reproducibility](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproducibility "Reproducibility"), [evaluation](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholarly_peer_review "Scholarly peer review"), and incentives.[[25]](#cite_note-Ioannidis2015-25) Metascience has produced a number of reforms in science such as the use of [study pre-registration](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-registration_(science) "Pre-registration (science)") and the implementation of [reporting guidelines](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EQUATOR_Network "EQUATOR Network") with the goal of bettering scientific research practices.[[26]](#cite_note-26)

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  "text": "[[edit](/w/index.php?title=Evidence-based_practice&action=edit&section=9 \"Edit section: Metascience\")]\n\nMain article: [Metascience](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metascience \"Metascience\")\n\nThere has since been a movement for the use of evidence-based practice in conducting scientific research in an attempt to address the [replication crisis](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis \"Replication crisis\") and other major issues affecting scientific research.[[24]](#cite_note-24) The application of evidence-based practices to research itself is called [metascience](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metascience \"Metascience\"), which seeks to increase the quality of scientific research while reducing waste. It is also known as \"research on research\" and \"the science of science\", as it uses [research methods](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_methods \"Research methods\") to study how research is done and where improvements can be made. The five main areas of research in metascience are methodology, reporting, [reproducibility](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproducibility \"Reproducibility\"), [evaluation](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholarly_peer_review \"Scholarly peer review\"), and incentives.[[25]](#cite_note-Ioannidis2015-25) Metascience has produced a number of reforms in science such as the use of [study pre-registration](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-registration_(science) \"Pre-registration (science)\") and the implementation of [reporting guidelines](//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EQUATOR_Network \"EQUATOR Network\") with the goal of bettering scientific research practices.[[26]](#cite_note-26)",
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