Advancing innovation and enhancing quality in medical education depend on how clinician-educators and researchers engage with educational research. To encourage such engagement, we developed a visual framework that maps central topics in medical education research alongside key scholars in the field. Through individual virtual interviews with editorial board members from nine leading medical education journals, we explored their perspectives on significant research areas and the experts they most closely associate with each. The resulting data were analyzed to generate thematic categories and to identify frequently cited contributors. 21 editors participated, and their insights informed the creation of the Medical Education Research Library. This resource highlights 13 major topics, with assessment emerging as the most prominent, and documents recognized leaders such as van der Vleuten, ten Cate, and Norman. The identified themes largely reflect established trends, while areas such as workplace-based learning, equity, diversity and inclusion, physician well-being and burnout, and social accountability represent growing domains of interest. Envisioned as an open educational resource, the library will evolve through ongoing contributions from educators and researchers, broadening perspectives and fostering evidence-informed innovation in medical education scholarship and practice.
