Class information for:
Level 1: INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD//RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES//IRB

Basic class information

Class id #P Avg. number of
references
Database coverage
of references
9231 1175 26.6 41%



Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes

The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.



Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
499 3       MEDICAL ETHICS//INFORMED CONSENT//ETHICS 22534
795 2             INFORMED CONSENT//RESEARCH ETHICS//MEDICAL ETHICS 12094
9231 1                   INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD//RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES//IRB 1175

Terms with highest relevance score



rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD authKW 1107227 8% 43% 99
2 RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES authKW 741527 5% 52% 55
3 IRB authKW 496378 4% 42% 45
4 RESEARCH ETHICS authKW 362859 11% 11% 132
5 JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS journal 310959 6% 18% 67
6 ETHICS COMMITTEES authKW 297072 5% 21% 54
7 ETHICAL REVIEW authKW 261925 2% 40% 25
8 ETHICS REVIEW authKW 155904 1% 50% 12
9 RESEARCH GOVERNANCE authKW 154687 1% 37% 16
10 MEDICAL ETHICS WoSSC 141492 21% 2% 250

Web of Science journal categories



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 Medical Ethics 141492 21% 2% 250
2 Ethics 57373 23% 1% 274
3 Social Sciences, Biomedical 15507 15% 0% 180
4 Social Issues 10221 10% 0% 112
5 Health Care Sciences & Services 1772 9% 0% 102
6 Medicine, General & Internal 1188 16% 0% 187
7 Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary 1139 5% 0% 63
8 Sociology 1108 6% 0% 71
9 Nursing 1037 6% 0% 67
10 Health Policy & Services 457 3% 0% 41

Address terms



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 THEMAT SANTE PUBL 77958 0% 100% 3
2 DCRIN 51972 0% 100% 2
3 DOCTORAL BIOETH PROGRAM 51972 0% 100% 2
4 HUMAN SUBJECTS COMM D BIOMED 51972 0% 100% 2
5 HUNGARIAN ECRIN COMM 51972 0% 100% 2
6 KKSD 51972 0% 100% 2
7 OFF REVIEW BOARD 51972 0% 100% 2
8 OFF UNIV COUNSEL 51972 0% 100% 2
9 POLICY COOPERAT UNIT 51972 0% 100% 2
10 WELLNESS LIFE BALANCE PROGRAM 51972 0% 100% 2

Journals



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS 310959 6% 18% 67
2 JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS 61070 7% 3% 85
3 DEVELOPING WORLD BIOETHICS 34577 1% 8% 17
4 QUALITATIVE INQUIRY 20278 2% 3% 28
5 BMC MEDICAL ETHICS 11929 1% 3% 14
6 ACCOUNTABILITY IN RESEARCH-POLICIES AND QUALITY ASSURANCE 6945 1% 4% 7
7 ETHICS & BEHAVIOR 6530 1% 2% 12
8 ACTA BIOETHICA 6198 1% 3% 7
9 HASTINGS CENTER REPORT 5597 2% 1% 19
10 SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ONLINE 3870 1% 1% 12

Author Key Words



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD 1107227 8% 43% 99 Search INSTITUTIONAL+REVIEW+BOARD Search INSTITUTIONAL+REVIEW+BOARD
2 RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES 741527 5% 52% 55 Search RESEARCH+ETHICS+COMMITTEES Search RESEARCH+ETHICS+COMMITTEES
3 IRB 496378 4% 42% 45 Search IRB Search IRB
4 RESEARCH ETHICS 362859 11% 11% 132 Search RESEARCH+ETHICS Search RESEARCH+ETHICS
5 ETHICS COMMITTEES 297072 5% 21% 54 Search ETHICS+COMMITTEES Search ETHICS+COMMITTEES
6 ETHICAL REVIEW 261925 2% 40% 25 Search ETHICAL+REVIEW Search ETHICAL+REVIEW
7 ETHICS REVIEW 155904 1% 50% 12 Search ETHICS+REVIEW Search ETHICS+REVIEW
8 RESEARCH GOVERNANCE 154687 1% 37% 16 Search RESEARCH+GOVERNANCE Search RESEARCH+GOVERNANCE
9 HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH 118770 1% 29% 16 Search HUMAN+SUBJECTS+RESEARCH Search HUMAN+SUBJECTS+RESEARCH
10 ETHICS APPROVAL 77958 0% 100% 3 Search ETHICS+APPROVAL Search ETHICS+APPROVAL

Core articles

The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.



Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.
Shr. of ref. in
cl.
Citations
1 SILBERMAN, G , KAHN, KL , (2011) BURDENS ON RESEARCH IMPOSED BY INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS: THE STATE OF THE EVIDENCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR REGULATORY REFORM.MILBANK QUARTERLY. VOL. 89. ISSUE 4. P. 599-627 33 77% 38
2 NICHOLLS, SG , HAYES, TP , BREHAUT, JC , MCDONALD, M , WEIJER, C , SAGINUR, R , FERGUSSON, D , (2015) A SCOPING REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH RELATING TO QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF RESEARCH ETHICS REVIEW.PLOS ONE. VOL. 10. ISSUE 7. P. - 33 70% 4
3 ABBOTT, L , GRADY, C , (2011) A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EVALUATING IRBS: WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE STILL NEED TO LEARN.JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS. VOL. 6. ISSUE 1. P. 3-19 27 79% 59
4 EDWARDS, SJL , STONE, T , SWIFT, T , (2007) DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE. VOL. 23. ISSUE 1. P. 17 -23 25 100% 16
5 GREENE, SM , GEIGER, AM , (2006) A REVIEW FINDS THAT MULTICENTER STUDIES FACE SUBSTANTIAL CHALLENGES BUT STRATEGIES EXIST TO ACHIEVE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL.JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. VOL. 59. ISSUE 8. P. 784 -790 25 93% 49
6 HEMMINKI, E , VIRTANEN, JI , REGUSHEVSKAYA, E , (2015) DECISIONS BY FINNISH MEDICAL RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES: A NATIONWIDE STUDY OF PROCESS AND OUTCOMES.JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS. VOL. 10. ISSUE 4. P. 404 -413 20 95% 0
7 AL-SHAHI, R , (2005) RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES IN THE UK - THE PRESSURE IS NOW ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS.JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE. VOL. 98. ISSUE 10. P. 444-447 24 100% 10
8 SILAIGWANA, B , WASSENAAR, D , (2015) BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: A COLLECTIVE REVIEW OF THEIR STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONING, AND OUTCOMES.JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS. VOL. 10. ISSUE 2. P. 169 -184 20 83% 3
9 POGORZELSKA, M , STONE, PW , COHN, EG , LARSON, E , (2010) CHANGES IN THE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD SUBMISSION PROCESS FOR MULTICENTER RESEARCH OVER 6 YEARS.NURSING OUTLOOK. VOL. 58. ISSUE 4. P. 181-187 20 91% 11
10 GUILLEMIN, M , GILLAM, L , ROSENTHAL, D , BOLITHO, A , (2012) HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES: EXAMINING THEIR ROLES AND PRACTICES.JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS. VOL. 7. ISSUE 3. P. 38-49 16 100% 10

Classes with closest relation at Level 1



Rank Class id link
1 22625 GENERAL HEALTH PSYCHOLOGIST//ELECTORAL REGISTERS//POSTCODE ADDRESS FILE
2 12571 MEDICAL ETHICS//RESEARCH ETHICS//EQUIPOISE
3 21092 SENSITIVE RESEARCH//QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH//INTERVIEWING
4 28722 MANAGEMENT HEALTHCARE//ACADEMIC ASSOCIATE PROGRAM//CLINICAL RESEARCH MANAGEMENT
5 28863 TRAUMA RESEARCH//TRAUMA FOCUSED RESEARCH//EXPERIMENTAL ETHICS
6 22891 SERV PSYCHIAT MENTAL HLTH//SYMPTOMATIC VOLUNTEERS//SUBJECT PAYMENT
7 3516 INFORMED CONSENT//TRIAL PARTICIPATION//THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION
8 19388 EMERGENCY RESEARCH//EXCEPTION FROM INFORMED CONSENT//WAIVER OF CONSENT
9 17540 RISK BASED MONITORING//DOUBLE DATA ENTRY//PROTOCOL COMPLEXITY
10 8363 SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT//RESEARCH MISCONDUCT//RESEARCH INTEGRITY

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