The field’s boundary is not a line. It is a region.

Analysis of resistance to change in the police as an institution; organizational sociology of policing, not of research.

It analyzes police institutional change and crime rather than research itself.

Criminology analysis of police institutional resistance to reform, not science or research systems.

Clinical case report of congenital yellow nail syndrome; the object is a disease presentation.

The work reports a clinical case of congenital yellow nail syndrome.

Clinical case report of yellow nail syndrome.

Catalytic hydrogenation chemistry; a synthetic chemistry question.

This studies a chemical catalyst and hydrogenation reaction, not research practice.

Domain chemistry paper on amide hydrogenation catalysis; object is chemical reactivity, not research practice.

Commentary proposing a disease model of familial combined hyperlipidaemia; a clinical-genetics topic.

It is a letter discussing familial hyperlipidaemia biology, not research itself.

Letter proposing a multi-gene model of familial combined hyperlipidaemia; clinical commentary, not metaresearch.

Parallel algorithm for tridiagonal Toeplitz systems; a numerical computing contribution in its own domain.

This develops an algorithm for solving mathematical systems, not a study of research methods or practice.

Numerical linear-algebra algorithm paper; computational mathematics, not research as object.

Determinants of plankton metacommunity structure in wetland ponds; community ecology.

This ecological study examines plankton metacommunity structure, not research practice.

Plankton metacommunity ecology across wetland ponds; environmental biology domain study.

Survey of drivers' perceptions of dynamic message signs; transportation research.

This study examines drivers' perceptions of traffic signs, not research practice.

Transportation psychology study of drivers and dynamic message signs.

Pure mathematics paper on homogenization of locally nilpotent derivations.

The title clearly identifies a mathematics paper, not research itself.

Pure mathematics on homogeneization of locally nilpotent derivations.

Fisheries science on sockeye salmon productivity and interspecific competition; the object is salmon population dynamics.

The study examines salmon ecology and interspecific competition, not research practice.

Fisheries ecology of sockeye salmon productivity and competition at sea.

Overview of health and society in Greenland; the object is population health, not research.

The work describes health and society in Greenland rather than research itself.

Thin geographic introduction to Greenland health/society; not about research practice or the Canadian research system.

Analytical model of the allocational effects of accounting estimate precision; accounting theory.

This theoretical paper studies accounting-estimate precision and firm allocation, not research itself.

Accounting/finance theory of estimate precision for capital allocation; not scientific research evaluation.

Arabidopsis seed dormancy hormone regulation; plant molecular biology.

This studies seed dormancy mechanisms in Arabidopsis, not research itself.

Plant molecular genetics of seed dormancy in Arabidopsis; domain biology.

Erratum for a civil engineering paper; the rubric lists corrections under T3, but this notice concerns a domain paper and has no bearing on the metaresearch ecosystem.

An erratum is a contextual correction in the scholarly record.

Published erratum/correction, mapped as contextual ecosystem material under the rubric.

Doctrinal argument for recognizing the theory of imprevision in Quebec civil law; legal scholarship.

This legal article argues for a doctrine in Quebec contract law and does not study research.

Legal doctrine essay on imprévision in Quebec positive law; object is contract law, not research.

Conceptual framework of Chinese cultural values and its implications for tourism marketing; domain scholarship.

This paper develops a framework for Chinese cultural values in tourism marketing, not research.

Tourism marketing framework on Chinese cultural values, not science of science.

Ethnopharmacology tracing vasodilator effects of a plant extract to its active compound; the object is pharmacology.

The work studies a plant extract and its active compound rather than research itself.

Ethnopharmacology of a plant extract’s hypotensive effects; biomedical natural products.

Plant physiology experiment on birch seedlings under elevated CO2 and nitrogen; the object is plant growth.

The work examines plant responses to carbon dioxide and nitrogen.

Plant physiology under elevated CO2 and nitrogen.

Clinical study on perceived age and health; abstract absent but the title is unambiguous.

This is a health study of perceived age and health status, not research practice.

Title asks whether looking older signals poor health; clinical/epidemiologic domain question.

Prediction of prison misconduct by sex offenders; 'misconduct' is institutional behaviour, not research misconduct.

This evaluates a risk assessment measure for predicting prison misconduct, not research practice.

Forensic psychology prediction of institutional sexual misconduct; not research as object.

Developmental neuropsychology study of hand differences in pegboard performance.

This study examines developmental differences in pegboard performance, not research.

Developmental motor-performance study; title unambiguous domain psychology/neuroscience despite missing abstract.

Acoustics study characterizing violin bowing strokes; the object is sound production.

It analyzes violin performance and sound production, not research practice.

Characterizes violin bowing controls and sound; music performance science, not research practice.

Pharmacology review of vascular effects of aldosterone and its receptors; the object is a biological mechanism.

The review concerns vascular effects of aldosterone rather than research methods or institutions.

Biomedical review of aldosterone’s vascular receptor mechanisms; physiology/pharmacology object.

Immunology review of clinical application of regulatory T cells; domain science.

The abstract is missing and the title indicates a clinical immunology review, not an unambiguous study of research.

Clinical immunology review of T regulatory cell therapy; title alone places it outside metaresearch.

Account of translator and interpreter training schools in the USSR; professional pedagogy, not research training.

This article discusses translator and interpreter education, not the research workforce or research practice.

Pedagogy of translator/interpreter training in the USSR; professional education, not the research workforce.

Agricultural trial of biological treatments against Botrytis stem canker in greenhouse tomatoes.

The study evaluates biological treatments for a fungal disease of greenhouse tomatoes.

Plant pathology biocontrol of Botrytis on greenhouse tomatoes; empty abstract but title is domain science.

Ambulatory assessment study of the specificity of affective instability in borderline personality disorder; 'replicate' here refers to confirming a clinical finding, and the object is psychopathology.

The study examines affective instability across psychiatric disorders, not research practice.

Clinical psychology study of affective instability across diagnostic groups; psychopathology object.

Legal analysis of ILO contributions to UN committee observations on labor rights; the object is interinstitutional legal collaboration.

It analyzes collaboration between international labor and human-rights institutions, not research institutions or practice.

Legal/policy analysis of ILO–UN collaboration on labour rights; not research governance.

Arabidopsis mutant analysis of a ribosomal protein gene; plant genetics.

The study investigates gene function in Arabidopsis shoot development.

Arabidopsis ribosomal protein gene mutation and meristem function; plant developmental genetics.

Oceanographic analysis of Atlantic Water warming in the Arctic Ocean.

This analyzes Arctic Ocean warming and climate processes rather than research practice.

Physical oceanography analysis of Arctic Atlantic Water warming.

Management article on retaining call-centre agents; organizational practice.

It discusses management practices in call centers rather than research practice.

Management study of call-centre agent engagement and retention practices.

Clinical note on compulsive behaviors in restless legs syndrome patients on dopaminergic agonists.

It concerns compulsions in restless-legs-syndrome patients, not research itself.

Clinical note on RLS drug side effects; medical object, not metaresearch.

Physics-style forest fire model with fire resistance; the object is wildfire dynamics.

This develops a mathematical model of wildfire behavior rather than studying research practice.

Physics/ecology forest-fire model paper; domain natural science.

Medical physics study of dose calculation in lung radiotherapy planning; abstract absent but the title is unambiguous.

The study concerns radiation-treatment dose distributions, not research practice.

Radiation oncology physics of dose calculation corrections for lung treatment planning.

Mechanical design of reconfigurable assistive manipulators; domain engineering.

This engineering work designs assistive robotic devices, not research practice.

Robotics design of manipulation assistive aids; title unambiguous engineering despite missing abstract.

Consensus diagnostic scheme and systematic review of treatment for diabetic foot osteomyelitis; an evidence synthesis answering a clinical question.

The systematic review answers a clinical treatment question rather than studying evidence-synthesis methods.

Clinical consensus and evidence review on diabetic foot osteomyelitis diagnosis and treatment.

Evidence-Based Nursing structured abstract and commentary conveying the clinical bottom line of a dementia practice-parameter review; the object is the clinical answer, not how syntheses are done.

The letter reviews clinical dementia interventions and does not study evidence-synthesis methods.

Evidence-Based Nursing abstract of a clinical dementia practice-parameter review for patient care.

Environmental engineering study of swine wastewater treatment.

The study evaluates wastewater-treatment performance rather than research practice.

Environmental engineering of swine wastewater treatment processes.

Development and validation of a quality-management measurement scale for Tunisian firms; domain psychometrics, not research practice.

The article develops a quality-management instrument for Tunisian firms, not a study of research practice.

Management instrument for quality practices in Tunisian firms; validation is business measurement, not research integrity.

Microfluidics study of colloidal electrophoretic mobility in compliant channels.

The work studies particle dynamics in compliant microchannels, not research practice.

Colloid electrophoresis in microchannels; physical chemistry/microfluidics, not research practice.

Bench study of GM-CSF and IL-1beta effects on rat articular chondrocytes; a biological mechanism question.

The work studies cytokine effects on cartilage cells, not research itself.

Basic science of GM-CSF and IL-1β effects on rat articular chondrocytes.

Cell biology of SPARC-tubulin interaction; abstract absent but the title is unambiguous.

The title identifies a molecular biology study of SPARC and tubulin, not research practice.

Title is SPARC–tubulin interaction in Xenopus; domain cell biology.

No abstract; review of carbohydrate-based vaccine development; domain immunochemistry.

The title indicates a review of carbohydrate-based vaccines, not research practice.

Title indicates carbohydrate vaccine chemistry trends; domain biomedical chemistry (no abstract).

Analysis of Fairtrade environmental standards in Rwandan agriculture; the object is certification practice, not research.

The work analyzes Fairtrade environmental standards in agriculture, not research practice.

Title indicates Fairtrade environmental standards and agricultural practice in Rwanda; domain development/trade study, not research as object.

Uses a GPU hybrid evolutionary algorithm to solve exam timetabling; the object is an optimization algorithm.

It develops an algorithm for examination timetabling, not a study of research.

GPU algorithm for university exam timetabling; combinatorial optimization of schedules, not study of research.

Book review in Public Understanding of Science of an STS book on DNA in the Canadian criminal justice system; commentary on science-and-society scholarship, mapped but not pooled, and the object is forensic practice rather than the Canadian research system.

This is a book review providing contextual discussion rather than an analytic research study.

Book review of DNA in Canadian criminal justice; thin abstract and object is forensics/society, not research practice.

Cognitive psychophysiology of working memory using event-related potentials; abstract absent but the title is unambiguous.

The title indicates a study of working memory rather than research practice.

Cognitive neuroscience assessment of working memory, not research methods or the research system.

Numerical solver for seismic inversion; a computational method in geophysics, not research methodology as an object.

It develops a numerical method for seismic inversion rather than studying research practice.

Numerical multilevel solver for seismic inversion wavefields; geophysical computing, not metaresearch.

Diagnostic accuracy substudy of noninvasive fractional flow reserve by image quality; a clinical test-performance question, not a study of research practice.

The title indicates a clinical diagnostic-accuracy study, but the abstract is missing.

Clinical study of CT image quality versus diagnostic accuracy of noninvasive FFR; polysemy of quality.

Ethnographic and policy study of women's land-use rights in rural China; the object is land tenure and gender.

This ethnographic study examines women's land rights in rural China, not research itself.

Development study of women’s land-use rights in rural China.

Randomized placebo-controlled drug trial in adult ADHD; a trial, not a study of trials.

This randomized trial evaluates an ADHD treatment and does not study clinical research methods.

Clinical RCT of metadoxine for adult ADHD, not a study of research methods.