進化精神医学における高被引用論文:質および誤り評価尺度による評価
Chad Beyer1, Chanel Robinson2, Dan J Stein3
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, 7701 Cape Town, South Africa.
Alpha psychiatry
|January 12, 2026
まとめ
高被引用進化精神医学論文には長所と短所がある。論文の質と誤りの割合は引用数と相関せず、他の要因が影響を与えている可能性を示唆。
科学分野:
- 進化精神医学
- 心理学
- 医学研究
背景:
- 進化精神医学は、進化理論を用いて精神障害の脆弱性を説明する。
- 誤解された病気の適応などの潜在的な誤りが存在する。
- 本研究では、この分野における高引用論文の質と正確性を評価する。
研究 の 目的:
- トップ引用された進化精神医学論文の質と誤りの量を評価すること。
- 論文の質、誤りの量、および引用数の関係を調べること。
主な方法:
- PubMed、Web of Science、Google Scholarで高引用論文を検索した。
- Nesseの研究に基づいて、質と誤りの評価尺度を開発した。
- 最も引用された20の論文に尺度を適用し、引用数との相関を分析した。
主要な成果:
- 20の最も引用された論文(平均引用数:413.30、1964-2011年)を分析した。
- 論文は一般的に質が高かったが、重大な誤りを含んでいた。
- 論文の質または誤りの量と引用数の間には有意な相関は見られなかった。
結論:
- 高引用進化精神医学論文には、長所と短所がある。
- 引用率は、論文の質や誤りの量を超えた要因に影響されるようである。
- 将来の研究では、進化精神医学における質評価と誤り回避に関するコンセンサスに焦点を当てるべきである。
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