Sex bias and omission in neuroscience research is influenced by research model and journal, but not reported NIH funding.

Autor: Mamlouk GM; Dept. of Biological Sciences, NC State University, Raleigh, NC, United States., Dorris DM; Dept. of Biological Sciences, NC State University, Raleigh, NC, United States., Barrett LR; Dept. of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States., Meitzen J; Dept. of Biological Sciences, NC State University, Raleigh, NC, United States; Center for Human Health and the Environment, NC State University, Raleigh, NC, United States. Electronic address: jemeitze@ncsu.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Frontiers in neuroendocrinology [Front Neuroendocrinol] 2020 Apr; Vol. 57, pp. 100835. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Feb 15.
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2020.100835
Abstrakt: Neuroscience research has historically demonstrated sex bias that favors male over female research subjects, as well as sex omission, which is the lack of reporting sex. Here we analyzed the status of sex bias and omission in neuroscience research published across six different journals in 2017. Regarding sex omission, 16% of articles did not report sex. Regarding sex bias, 52% of neuroscience articles reported using both males and females, albeit only 15% of articles using both males and females reported assessing sex as an experimental variable. Overrepresentation of the sole use of males compared to females persisted (26% versus 5%, respectively). Sex bias and omission differed across research models, but not by reported NIH funding status. Sex omission differed across journals. These findings represent the latest information regarding the complex status of sex in neuroscience research and illustrate the continued need for thoughtful and informed action to enhance scientific discovery.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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