Dranseika Vilius, Bystranowski Piotr, Żuradzki Tomasz
Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
J Med Ethics. 2025 Jul 7;51(7):472-480. doi: 10.1136/jme-2024-110528.
In this paper, we take a data-driven approach to analyse intellectual trends over the first five decades of the (). Our data set, comprising all texts published in the since 1975, reveals not only the most distinctive topics of the in comparison to other key journals with similar profiles but also diachronic fluctuations in the prominence of certain topics. Overall, the distribution of topics shifted gradually, with each editorial period at the showing continuity with its immediate predecessor. However, a significant drift in topic distribution is evident over the 50 years, with some editorial periods being more 'disruptive' than others. These disruptions were influenced by external events (eg, ), broader trends in bioethics (eg, the recent growth of topics such as , and ) or editors' preferences (eg, ). Additionally, our data provides insights into editorials where editors outlined their visions for the journal or reflected retrospectively on their past editorship.
在本文中，我们采用数据驱动的方法来分析（某时间段）头五十年的学术思潮。我们的数据集涵盖了自1975年以来在（某期刊）上发表的所有文本，它不仅揭示了与其他具有相似概况的关键期刊相比，该期刊最具特色的主题，还揭示了某些主题突出程度的历时性波动。总体而言，主题分布逐渐变化，该期刊的每个编辑时期都与其直接前任时期表现出连续性。然而，在这50年中，主题分布出现了明显的偏移，有些编辑时期比其他时期更具“颠覆性”。这些干扰受到外部事件（如， ）、生物伦理学的更广泛趋势（如， 、 和 等主题最近的增长）或编辑偏好（如， ）的影响。此外，我们的数据还提供了对社论的见解，在这些社论中，编辑们概述了他们对该期刊的愿景，或对他们过去的编辑工作进行了回顾性反思。
