Puljak, Livia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8467-6061
Ruf, Vladimir https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5718-0925
Šimić, Josip https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4614-3686
Sharp, Melissa K. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-1573
Buljan, Ivan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8719-7277
Article History
Received: 23 April 2026
Accepted: 29 July 2026
First Online: 22 August 2026
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Competing interests: LP, MKS, and IB are guest editors of the Collection of articles in BMC Medical Research Methodology, in which this editorial is published. VR and JŠ declare no conflict of interest.