An analysis of neuroscience and psychiatry papers published from 2009 and 2019 outlines opportunities for increasing discovery of sex differences

Rebecca K. Rechlin; Tallinn F. L. Splinter; Travis E. Hodges; Arianne Y. Albert; Liisa A. M. Galea

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29903-3

Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

An analysis of neuroscience and psychiatry papers published from 2009 and 2019 outlines opportunities for increasing discovery of sex differences

Rebecca K. Rechlin,
Tallinn F. L. Splinter,
Travis E. Hodges,
Arianne Y. Albert,
Liisa A. M. Galea

Affiliations

Rebecca K. Rechlin: Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
Tallinn F. L. Splinter: Women’s Health Research Cluster, University of British Columbia
Travis E. Hodges: Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia
Arianne Y. Albert: Women’s Health Research Cluster, University of British Columbia
Liisa A. M. Galea: Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29903-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Sex differences occur in many neurological and psychiatric diseases, and yet research is not always designed optimally to identify these. Here the authors perform a study of how sex was incorporated into the design and analyses of papers published six journals in neuroscience and psychiatry in 2009 compared with 2019.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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