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From positionality statements to reflexive statements of principle-informed process

2025· article· en· 1 citations· W4414774694 on OpenAlex· 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-020866

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1 of 3 models called this metaresearch. This work is contested: it sits on the field's empirical boundary, and whether it counts depends on which model you asked. It is one of the 51 works in the disagreement dossier.

stratum: aff_core · design weight: 5595.24 (the sample is stratified; any rate computed without the weight is wrong)
Claude Opus 4.8T3 · adjacent, not in scope
genre: editorial/commentary
about Canada: no
confidence: low

Argues for moving from positionality statements to reflexive statements of principle-informed process in global health research outputs; the object is a research reporting and equity practice, but the payload is a single summary-box sentence and it reads as commentary/analysis rather than a study, so the T1/T3 line is genuinely uncertain.

GPT-5.6 (high)T1
genre: conceptual
about Canada: no
confidence: high

The work examines how positionality and reflexive processes are reported in research outputs.

Grok 4.5T3 · adjacent, not in scope
genre: editorial/commentary
about Canada: no
confidence: medium

Normative commentary on positionality statements in research outputs, not an empirical study of research systems.

Abstract

Summary box Positionality statements that accompany journal articles or other presentations of research outputs are important contributions to equity and justice in global health research.

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The record

Venue
BMJ Global Health
Topic
Social Science and Policy Research
Field
Social Sciences
Canadian institutions
McGill University
Funders
Keywords
ReflexivityEquity (law)Process (computing)Economic JusticeQualitative researchSocial justice
Has abstract in OpenAlex
yes