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¿Existe un sesgo de género en el proceso de revisión por pares de JAMA?
J R Gilbert1, E S Williams, G D Lundberg
1Department of Public Policy, Stanford University, Palo Alto.
JAMA
|July 13, 1994
Resumen
Se observaron diferencias de género en JAMA.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Publicaciones Médicas Edición médica.
- La revisión científica por pares es una revisión científica por pares.
Sus antecedentes:
- El género de los participantes en el proceso de revisión por pares puede influir en el manejo del manuscrito y los resultados.
- Comprender las posibles disparidades de género es crucial para mantener la equidad en la publicación académica.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar las diferencias asociadas al género en la revisión por pares y el procesamiento de manuscritos en JAMA en 1991.
- Para determinar si el género del autor o del editor tiene un impacto en las tasas de aceptación de manuscritos.
Principales métodos:
- Estudio de cohorte retrospectivo que analizó 1851 artículos de investigación enviados a JAMA en 1991.
- Los datos incluyeron información sobre editores, revisores y autores, con un enfoque en el género.
- Se utilizó un análisis estadístico para identificar patrones significativos basados en el género.
Principales resultados:
- Las editoras más frecuentemente manejaban manuscritos de mujeres autores correspondientes.
- Los revisores masculinos tardaron más en devolver los manuscritos en comparación con las revisoras femeninas.
- A pesar de las diferencias de género observadas en las características de manejo y revisor, las tasas de aceptación de manuscritos no se vieron afectadas significativamente por el género del autor o del editor.
Conclusiones:
- Si bien existen diferencias de género en los comportamientos de los editores y revisores, no parecen influir en la decisión final de publicación.
- El proceso de revisión por pares en JAMA en 1991 demostró variaciones de género sin afectar las tasas de aceptación.
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