Content analyses of published papers in journals inform readers, editors, and members of the profession about historical publication patterns and how the journal has represented the field. This study is a content analysis of original research papers published in the Journal of Genetic Counseling from January 2011 through December 2017. This is the first study of its kind for the flagship journal of the National Society of Genetic Counseling. Of 794 papers published in the 7-year period, 428 were original research included in the analysis. Content analysis yielded categories reflecting the types of data analyses, genetic counseling practice specialties, characteristics of the study sample, and major topics/issues investigated in each study. There was an overall positive linear trend in the number of articles published during this period (p = .002). Approximately equal percentages of studies used qualitative (34%), quantitative (31%), and mixed (35%) analyses, and these proportions did not vary significantly across volumes (p = .73). Cancer (27%), prenatal (13.3%), and general genetics (12.6%) were the most prevalent specialties represented. The number of studies about prenatal and pediatrics was less, and the number of studies about neurogenetics was greater than would be expected based on the clinical workforce (p<.001). Patients were the most common sample (55.6%). While there was a significant increase in the number of articles with diverse samples (p = .001), the proportion of such articles did not increase over time (p = .86). The most common content areas were genetic counseling practice (16.8%); attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs about genetics services (16.1%); and decision-making (14.5%). In contrast, relatively few studies focused on laboratory genetic counselor, male, gender non-conforming, and adoptee populations. The trends and gaps highlighted in this content analysis can inform future research endeavors.

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Journal of Genetic Counseling 研究文章的内容分析：多年视角

对期刊中已发表论文的内容分析可以让读者、编辑和专业人士了解历史出版模式以及期刊如何代表该领域。本研究是对发表在《遗传咨询杂志》上的原始研究论文的内容分析从 2011 年 1 月到 2017 年 12 月。这是国家遗传咨询协会旗舰期刊的第一项此类研究。在 7 年期间发表的 794 篇论文中，428 篇是纳入分析的原创研究。内容分析产生的类别反映了数据分析的类型、遗传咨询实践专业、研究样本的特征以及每项研究中调查的主要主题/问题。在此期间发表的文章数量总体呈正线性趋势 ( p  = .002)。大约相等百分比的研究使用定性 (34%)、定量 (31%) 和混合 (35%) 分析，并且这些比例在不同卷数之间没有显着差异 ( p = .73）。癌症 (27%)、产前 (13.3%) 和一般遗传学 (12.6%) 是最常见的专科。关于产前和儿科的研究数量较少，关于神经遗传学的研究数量多于基于临床劳动力的预期 ( p <.001)。患者是最常见的样本（55.6%）。虽然具有不同样本的文章数量显着增加 ( p  = .001)，但此类文章的比例并未随时间增加 ( p = .86）。最常见的内容领域是遗传咨询实践（16.8%）；对遗传服务的态度、看法和信念（16.1%）；和决策（14.5%）。相比之下，很少有研究关注实验室遗传咨询师、男性、性别不一致和被收养人群。本内容分析中突出显示的趋势和差距可以为未来的研究工作提供信息。