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R0058/2026-04-03/C001/SRC02

Research R0058 — Candidate evidence test
Run 2026-04-03
Claim C001
Search S04
Result S04-R01
Source SRC02

Qiu, Cheng & Huang (2025) — Independent bibliometric analysis of AI ethics landscape

Source

Field Value
Title Charting the Landscape of Artificial Intelligence Ethics: A Bibliometric Analysis
Publisher International Journal of Digital Law and Governance (De Gruyter)
Author(s) Jiaxuan Qiu, Le Cheng, Jin Huang
Date 2025-04-18
URL https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/ijdlg-2025-0007/html
Type Research paper (bibliometric analysis)
Origin Search-discovered

Summary

Dimension Rating
Reliability Medium
Relevance Medium
Bias: Missing data Some concerns
Bias: Measurement Low risk
Bias: Selective reporting Low risk
Bias: Randomization N/A — not an RCT
Bias: Protocol deviation N/A — not an RCT
Bias: COI/Funding Low risk

Rationale

Dimension Rationale
Reliability Medium — peer-reviewed journal article with rigorous bibliometric methodology (6,084 articles, 2015-2025, Web of Science). However, it examines AI ethics broadly rather than the specific safety-ethics divide.
Relevance Medium — does not directly measure safety-ethics homophily, but its finding that 94% of institutions are in the largest connected component provides a contrasting perspective on research community integration.
Bias flags Missing data concern: uses Web of Science rather than conference proceedings, which may underrepresent the ML/NLP conference-centric communities that Roytburg & Miller study. The two studies measure different populations.

Evidence Extracts

Evidence ID Summary
SRC02-E01 94% of AI ethics institutions in largest connected component; 16 distinct keyword clusters