Reporting of data on participant ethnicity and socioeconomic status in high-impact medical journals: a targeted literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the frequency of reporting of ethnicity (or 'race') and socioeconomic status (SES) indicators in high-impact journals.

Design

Targeted literature review.

Data sources

The 10 highest ranked general medical journals using Google scholar h5 index.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria were, human research, reporting participant level data. Exclusion criteria were non-research article, animal/other non-human participant/subject or no participant characteristics reported.

Data extraction and synthesis

Working backwards from 19 April 2021 in each journal, two independent reviewers selected the 10 most recent articles meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria, to create a sample of 100 articles. Data on the frequency of reporting of ethnicity

SUBMITTER: Buttery SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9389090 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature