Equity in evidence synthesis

This research explored the impact of race and ethnicity on Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color (BIPOC) and their participation throughout the production of evidence synthesis in information science research. The study also analyzed the potential for evidence synthesis team reviewers to face pressure to modify their results based on their experiences and standing in their profession. A team of health sciences librarians and a full-time faculty member serving as director of a health sciences program at a university in the United States created a survey to better understand the possible effect of race and ethnicity on participation in evidence synthesis. The survey was sent to various online listservs and had quantitative and open-ended questions. There were 118 participants (n = 89 for white participants; n = 29 for BIPOC participants). There were significant associations between length in the profession and repercussions, repercussions and article evaluation career, not complementary and repercussions, not complementary and article evaluation and career, change score and article evaluation career, change score and repercussions, and change score and not complementary.