I see a fishbone activity as somewhat the reverse of the five whys. Instead of starting broad and narrowing focus down a singular path, the fishbone takes the problem and looks at all the contributing factors:
Wow this is great. I could see how using this framework could lead you to identify the same factors in the article (assuming you had similar domain knowledge).
I think the next hurdle would be coming up with a solution that sufficiently addresses these root causes.
https://asq.org/quality-resources/fishbone
I’m not an expert by any means. Just offering a suggestion.