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ArticleFrontiers in neuroimaging2026

Addressing ethical challenges in the reporting of race and ethnicity population descriptors in human neuroscience research.

Lauren Lang, Julianna Gerold, Eric Little, Craig McFarland, Beri Tawe, Rishab Kumar Jain, Francis X Shen

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Article in Frontiers in neuroimaging, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lauren Lang *Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Julianna Gerold *Massachusetts General Hospital, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA, United States.
Eric LittleHarvard College, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Craig McFarlandHarvard College, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Beri TaweBrown University, Providence, RI, United States.
Rishab Kumar JainHarvard College, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Francis X ShenNeurotech Justice Accelerator at MGB, a Dana Foundation Center for Neuroscience & Society, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics, MGH Center for Law, Brain & Behavior, University of Minnesota Law School & Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Minneapolis, MN, United States.

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Abstract

Increased racial and ethnic diversity in population neuroscience research is widely understood to facilitate better identification of subgroup effects and more generalizable findings. Consistency in reporting race and ethnicity population descriptor variables would allow the research community to better assess progress toward more representative datasets. One important lever for ensuring robust and consistent reporting of population descriptors are journal guidelines, and this review of current guidelines finds that there are opportunities for neuroscience journals to strengthen scientific rigor by more clearly delineating expectations with respect to reporting and operationalizing race and ethnicity population descriptors.

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