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ArticleInteractive journal of medical research2022

An Analysis of PubMed Abstracts From 1946 to 2021 to Identify Organizational Affiliations in Epidemiological Criminology: Descriptive Study.

George Karystianis, Wilson Lukmanjaya, Paul Simpson, Peter Schofield, Natasha Ginnivan, Goran Nenadic, Marina van Leeuwen, Iain Buchan, Tony Butler

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Article in Interactive journal of medical research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

George KarystianisSchool of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3491-361X
Wilson LukmanjayaSchool of Computer Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7747-4648
Paul SimpsonSchool of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1947-8923
Peter SchofieldNeuropsychiatry Service, Hunter New England Health, Newcastle, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2967-9662
Natasha GinnivanSchool of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8581-6812
Goran NenadicDepartment of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0795-5363
Marina van LeeuwenUniversity of New South Wales Library, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1570-2852
Iain BuchanInstitute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3392-1650
Tony ButlerSchool of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2679-2769

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEpidemiological criminology refers to health issues affecting incarcerated and nonincarcerated offender populations, a group recognized as being challenging to conduct research with. Notwithstanding this, an urgent need exists for new knowledge and interventions to improve heath, justice, and social outcomes for this marginalized population.

objectiveTo better understand research outputs in the field of epidemiological criminology, we examined the lead author's affiliation by analyzing peer-reviewed published outputs to determine countries and organizations (eg, universities, governmental and nongovernmental organizations) responsible for peer-reviewed publications.

methodsWe used a semiautomated approach to examine the first-author affiliations of 23,904 PubMed epidemiological studies related to incarcerated and offender populations published in English between 1946 and 2021. We also mapped research outputs to the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index to better understand whether there was a relationship between research outputs and the overall standard of a country's justice system.

resultsNordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark) had the highest research outputs proportional to their incarcerated population, followed by Australia. University-affiliated first authors comprised 73.3% of published articles, with the Karolinska Institute (Sweden) being the most published, followed by the University of New South Wales (Australia). Government-affiliated first authors were on 8.9% of published outputs, and prison-affiliated groups were on 1%. Countries with the lowest research outputs also had the lowest scores on the Rule of Law Index.

conclusionsThis study provides important information on who is publishing research in the epidemiological criminology field. This has implications for promoting research diversity, independence, funding equity, and partnerships between universities and government departments that control access to incarcerated and offending populations.

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affiliationscriminologyepidemiological criminologyepidemiology researchhealth databasejustice healthoffendersopen researchpublicationPubMedresearch databaseresearch outputresearch promotion

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