Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
J Exp Anal Behav. 2024 Nov;122(3):392-407. doi: 10.1002/jeab.4220. Epub 2024 Oct 29.
We examined the zoographics, or the characteristics of nonhuman animal subjects, reported for the entirety of the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (JEAB) through the most recent complete year (1958-2023). Animal sex in particular was evaluated to determine whether the lack of inclusion of female subjects in other disciplines extends to JEAB. Through systematic coding of all nonhuman empirical articles, we found consistent underreporting of most zoographics and a disproportionate use of male subjects relative to female subjects. Additionally, animal sex was commonly unreported and the inclusion of both male and female subjects was sparse. Recent years show some improvement, but greater inclusion is required. Lack of female subjects in research as well as underreporting of zoographics can generate unrepresentative results and hamper replication, generalization, and translation. We provide resources to guide future research and reporting suggestions such as equal inclusion and disaggregation of data by sex. We also clarify misunderstandings about the use of both sexes in research such as beliefs that it necessarily increases the cost of research.
我们考察了整个《实验行为分析杂志》（JEAB）截至最近完整年份（1958-2023 年）所报告的非人类动物实验对象的特征（zoographics）。特别是评估了动物的性别，以确定其他学科中缺乏女性实验对象的情况是否也存在于 JEAB 中。通过对所有非人类实证文章的系统编码，我们发现大多数 zoographics 的报告严重不足，雄性实验对象相对于雌性实验对象的使用比例不成比例。此外，动物的性别通常未予报告，而且雄性和雌性实验对象的纳入情况都很少。近年来有所改善，但需要更大程度的纳入。研究中缺乏女性实验对象以及 zoographics 的报告不足可能会导致结果代表性不足，并阻碍复制、推广和转化。我们提供资源来指导未来的研究和报告建议，例如平等纳入和按性别对数据进行细分。我们还澄清了关于在研究中使用两性的一些误解，例如认为这必然会增加研究成本的观点。
