Table 1.

Analysis of article type for journals that included the word “racism” during the period 1990–2021.

Source: Authors’ analysis. CMAJ, Canadian Medical Association Journal; CFP, Canadian Family Physician; CJPH, Canadian Journal of Public Health

	CMAJ	CFP	CJPH
Total # of articles from journal websites	24,660	7178	3031
Total # of articles that included the word “racism” anywhere in the text	138	56	101
Total # of commentaries/viewpoints/letters	126 (91%)	47 (84%)	43 (43%)
Total # of empirical studies (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion, or review with significant data component)	12 (9%)	9 (16%)	58 (57%)
Total # of articles where racism is centred/named as a central concept	62 (45%)	20 (36%)	37 (37%)