Citational Racism: How Leading Medical Journals Reproduce Segregation in American Medical Knowledge

Biases in scholarly citations against scholars of color promote racial inequality, stifle intellectual analysis, and can harm patients and communities.

While the lack of citations to scholars of color in medical journals may be due to carelessness, ignorance, or structural impediments, in some cases it is due to reckless neglect.

Faculty member Gwendolynne Reid, along with colleagues Cherice Escobar Jones and Mya Poe demonstrated that the American Medical Association (AMA) has failed to promote greater racial inclusion in its flagship publication, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), despite an explicit pledge to do so.