Meta-Research: The need for more research into reproductive health and disease

  1. Natalie D Mercuri
  2. Brian J Cox  Is a corresponding author
  1. Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Canada
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Number of articles published every year on seven reproductive organs and seven non-reproductive organs.

(A) The number of articles published on most of the non-reproductive organs (including the brain, heart, lung and liver) has increased more rapidly than the number of articles published on the …

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Articles per year for reproductive and non-reproductive organs, with and without the keyword cancer.

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Comparing research related to disease and research not related to disease for reproductive and non-reproductive organs.

For each organ (colored circles) the vertical axis shows the number of publications for the period 1966–2021 related to disease, and the horizontal axis shows the number not related to disease: the …

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Total number of articles on research related to disease and research not related to disease for reproductive and non-reproductive organs.

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Tables

Table 1
Total number of matching articles from PubMed for seven non-reproductive keywords and seven reproductive keywords for the period 1966–2021.
KeywordTotal matching articles
Non-reproductive keywords
Brain1,058,995
Heart851,955
Liver834,006
Lung652,797
Kidney451,177
Intestine120,034
Pancreas99,772
Reproductive keywords
Breast464,629
Prostate197,736
Ovary83,971
Placenta57,076
Uterus55,971
Testes32,344
Penis15,019
Table 2
Total number of projects funded and average grant (in Canadian or US dollars) for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (columns 2 and 3) and the US National Institutes of Health (columns 4 and 5) for the years 2013–2018 for seven non-reproductive keywords and seven reproductive keywords (column 1).
KeywordNumber of projects (CIHR)Average grant funded (CAD)Number of projects(NIH)Average grant funded(USD)
Non-reproductive keywords
Brain1686$391,02381666$441,149
Heart1214$369,66543833$491,993
Liver1597$314,47322072$454,276
Lung526$371,15434492$525,631
Kidney347$424,36021176$508,853
Intestine128$444,4905800$371,727
Pancreas96$491,2748649$482,901
Reproductive keywords
Breast459$336,73419132$525,134
Prostate143$299,0348960$514,638
Ovary42$379,3494814$520,804
Placenta105$369,8252169$526,147
Uterus45$324,6901356$509,250
Testes10$372,110340$500,160
Penis1$304,676323$369,434

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