Figures

Figure 1 - Search terms and strings

Database / Search string
Embase / (morality/de AND ('genetic enhancement'/de OR 'medical technology'/de OR 'neurosurgery'/de)) OR (((moral* OR virtue* OR virtuous OR biomedical* OR bio-medical) NEAR/6 (enhanc* OR bioenhanc* OR manipulat*))):ab,ti
Medline OvidSP / ((morals/ OR Moral Development/ OR Virtues/) AND ("Genetic Engineering"/ OR exp "Biomedical Enhancement"/ OR "neurosurgery"/)) OR (((moral* OR virtue* OR virtuous OR biomedical* OR bio-medical) ADJ6 (enhanc* OR bioenhanc* OR manipulat*))).ab,ti.
Web-of-science / TS=(((moral* OR virtue* OR virtuous OR biomedical* OR bio-medical) NEAR/6 (enhanc* OR bioenhanc* OR manipulat*)))
PsycINFO OvidSP / ((morality/ OR Moral Development/ OR Virtue/) AND ("Genetic Engineering"/ OR "neurosurgery"/)) OR (((moral* OR virtue* OR virtuous OR biomedical* OR bio-medical) ADJ6 (enhanc* OR bioenhanc* OR manipulat*))).ab,ti.
PubMed publisher / (Moral enhanc*[tiab] OR Moral bioenhanc*[tiab]) NOT medline[sb]
Scopus / TITLE-ABS-KEY(((moral* OR biomedical* OR bio-medical) W/3 (enhanc* OR bioenhanc*)) AND (ethic* OR bioethic*))
Google Scholar / "moral (enhancement|bioenhancement|enhancing)"|"moral bio enhancement"
Scirus – preferred web/ ProQuest / "Moral enhancement" OR "Moral bioenhancement"

Figure 2 - Selection of publications

Database / Initial results / Results after deduplication
Embase / 1027 / 1008
Medline OvidSP / 820 / 178
Web-of-science / 1191 / 788
Scopus / 449 / 261
PsycINFO OvidSP / 427 / 253
PubMed publisher / 17 / 10
Google Scholar / 192 / 142
ProQuest / 75 / 58
Scirus / 5 / 3
Total / 4203 / 2701

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