ArticleAccountability in research2024
Citation bias, diversity, and ethics.
Article in Accountability in research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Shifts in Clinical Practice-Changing Acute Ischemic Stroke Research Over the Past Decade.Stroke (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Generosity as a Scientific Method: Building Knowledge and Community in a Competitive World.Interactive journal of medical research · 2026Article
- Shifts in Clinical Practice-Changing Acute Ischemic Stroke Research Over the Last Decade.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- The power of citation: giving credit where credit is due.Disease models & mechanisms · 2026Article
- Citation Ethics: An Exploratory Survey of Norms and Behaviors.Journal of academic ethics · 2025Article
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- Gender Differences in Citation Rate: An Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials in Nephrology High-Impact Journals Over Two Decades.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2024Article
- Teaching of reflection in higher education: a narrative review.MedEdPublish (2016) · 2024Review
- Overcoming citation bias is necessary for true inclusivity in Plant Science.The Plant cell · 2023Article
- A new tool for evaluating health equity in academic journals; the Diversity Factor.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
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Abstract
How often a researcher is cited usually plays a decisive role in that person's career advancement, because academic institutions often use citation metrics, either explicitly or implicitly, to estimate research impact and productivity. Research has shown, however, that citation patterns and practices are affected by various biases, including the prestige of the authors being cited and their gender, race, and nationality, whether self-attested or perceived. Some commentators have proposed that researchers can address biases related to social identity or position by including a Citation Diversity Statement in a manuscript submitted for publication. A Citation Diversity Statement is a paragraph placed before the reference section of a manuscript in which the authors address the diversity and equitability of their references in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, or other factors and affirm a commitment to promoting equity and diversity in sources and references. The present commentary considers arguments in favor of Citation Diversity Statements, and some practical and ethical issues that these statements raise.
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Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.