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Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2012 Jan 19;14(2):259–267. doi: 10.1038/gim.2011.60

Table 4.

Dominant topics and first-author fields for each publication type

Type Dominant
topic(s)		 No. in type
(percentage
of type)		 No. in total
(percentage of
total), N = 642		 Dominant
first-author
field		 No. in type
(percentage
of type)		 No. in total
(percentage
of total),
N = 642
Social science study report (n = 108) Genomic research and the public 24 (22%) 40 (6%) Social science 44 (41%) 118 (18%)
Broader ELSI (n = 239) Biorepository 27 (11%) 49 (8%) Medicine 71 (30%) 119 (19%)
Ethics focus (n = 102) Genetic enhancement 29 (28%) 44 (7%) Humanities 62 (61%) 178 (28%)
Other normative focus (n = 127) Genomics general 23 (18%) 58 (9%) Humanities 48 (38%) 178 (28%)
Policy recommendation (n = 66) Biorepository 9 (14%) 49 (8%) Law 26 (40%) 107 (17%)
Human subject protection 9 (14%) 24 (4%)