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How international is bioethics? A quantitative retrospective study.

Pascal Borry1, Paul Schotsmans, Kris Dierickx

  • 1Center for Biomedical Ethics and Law, K,U, Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 35/3, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Pascal.Borry@med.kuleuven.be.

BMC Medical Ethics
|January 18, 2006
PubMed
Summary

This study reveals a geographic bias in bioethics publications, with English-speaking countries, particularly the United States, dominating. Smaller nations show higher productivity relative to population size.

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Area of Science:

  • Bioethics
  • Medical Ethics
  • Publication Analysis

Background:

  • Assessing national contributions to academic journals identifies disciplinary impact and geographic biases.
  • This study focuses on the international distribution of publications within bioethics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the global distribution of research output in the field of bioethics.
  • To identify potential geographic biases in leading bioethics journals.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective quantitative analysis was conducted.
  • Nine peer-reviewed journals in bioethics and medical ethics were examined.
  • Data from 4,029 articles published between 1990 and 2003 were analyzed.

Main Results:

Keywords:
Bioethics and Professional EthicsEmpirical Approach

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  • The United States (59.3%) and the United Kingdom (13.5%) were the leading countries in absolute publication numbers.
  • When normalized for population, smaller affluent nations like New Zealand, Finland, and Sweden demonstrated higher productivity.
  • A decreasing trend in publications from the USA was observed from 1990 to 2003.

Conclusions:

  • Leading bioethics journals exhibit a significant geographic bias, primarily favoring English-speaking countries and American authors.
  • This dominance suggests that current bioethical discussions in these journals may not fully represent a global perspective.
  • The findings challenge the notion of true international representation in prominent bioethics publications.