探索耳鼻喉科-头部和部外科杂志编辑委员会中的多样性
Ashaka Patel1, Palak Suryavanshi1,2, Edward Madou1,2
1Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Ear, nose, & throat journal
|June 2, 2023
概括
妇女和可见少数群体 (VMs) 在耳鼻喉学期刊的领导角色中代表性不足. 这项研究强调了编辑委员会需要更多的多样性,以确保公平的代表性和公平的同行评审.
科学领域:
- 耳鼻喉科 耳鼻喉科 耳鼻喉科
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 学术出版学术出版公司
背景情况:
- 尽管医学院入学者的多样性越来越多,但在耳鼻喉科的学术领导职位上仍然存在显著的差异.
- 妇女和可见少数群体 (VM) 在编辑角色中的代表性不足可能会影响期刊审查过程和现场公平性.
研究的目的:
- 在耳鼻喉学期刊的编辑委员会成员 (EBM) 中量化女性和VM的代表性.
- 调查与这些编辑职位中女性和机器人的代表性相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 在2022年1月至4月期间,对41个耳鼻喉学期刊进行了系统审查.
- 关于期刊特征,编辑委员会组成和总编辑的人口统计数据的数据从官方来源收集.
- 在不同编辑角色中分析了女性和VM的代表性,并与期刊影响因子和规模相关联.
主要成果:
- 在2128名EBM中,31.3%是VM,25.9%是女性. 女性在副编辑和副编辑/总编辑职位的比例更高,而男性则占据主编职位的比例更高.
- 在性别之间,VM的代表性是相似的. 女性在较低 (第一季度) 和较高 (第四季度) 的影响因子期刊中更有代表性.
- 较大的编辑委员会规模和总部位于亚洲/南美洲的期刊与更高的VM代表性有关. 没有发现有助于女性代表性增加的重要因素.
结论:
- 在耳鼻喉学期刊的高级编辑职位上,女性和机械师的代表性仍然不足.
- 解决这些差异对于确保公平和平衡的同行评审和促进耳鼻喉领域的公平性至关重要.
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