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Intersectional analysis for science and technology.

Mathias Wullum Nielsen, Elena Gissi, Shirin Heidari, Richard Horton, Kari C Nadeau, Dorothy Ngila, Safiya Umoja Noble, Hee Young Paik, Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, Eddy Y Zeng and 2 more

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Review in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 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

5 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

12 authors.

Mathias Wullum NielsenDepartment of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-8759-7150
Elena GissiNational Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, Venice, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1666-8772
Shirin HeidariGENDRO, Gender Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland.
Richard HortonThe Lancet, London, UK.
Kari C NadeauDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2146-2955
Dorothy NgilaKnowledge and Institutional Networks, National Research Foundation of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
Safiya Umoja NobleDivision of Social Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Hee Young PaikDepartment of Foods and Nutrition, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Girmaw Abebe TadesseMicrosoft AI for Good Lab, Nairobi, Kenya.
Eddy Y ZengSchool of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Environmental Pollution, Guangzhou, China.
James ZouDepartment of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Londa SchiebingerHistory of Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. schiebinger@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3438-3081

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intersectionality describes interdependent systems of inequality related to sex, gender, race, age, class and other socio-political dimensions. By focusing on the compounded effects of social categories, intersectional analysis can enhance the accuracy and experimental efficiency of science. Here we extend intersectional approaches that were predominantly developed in the humanities, social sciences and public health to the fields of natural science and technology, where this type of analysis is less established. Informed by diverse global and disciplinary examples-from enhancing facial recognition for diverse user bases to mitigating the disproportionate impact of climate change on marginalized populations-we extract methods to demonstrate how quantitative intersectional analysis functions throughout the research process, from strategic considerations for establishing research priorities to formulating research questions, collecting and analysing data and interpreting results. Our goal is to offer a set of guidelines for researchers, peer-reviewed journals and funding agencies that facilitate systematic integration of intersectional analysis into relevant domains of science and technology. Precision in research best guides effective social and environmental policy aimed at achieving global equity and sustainability.

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ScienceTechnologyFemaleGender EquityGlobal WarmingGuidelines as TopicHumanitiesHumansMalePeer ReviewSocial Sciences

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