皮肤病学期刊的编辑委员会要求改善性别平等:JMIR皮肤病学未来的方向
Sarah Minion1, Julianne Kiene2, Robert Dellavalle3
1Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
JMIR dermatology
|August 26, 2023
概括
皮肤病学期刊编辑委员会中仍然存在性别差异,尽管女性占皮肤病学系皮肤病学家的一半以上,但女性代表性不足. 努力实现性别平等正在进行中,敦促其他期刊解决这种不平衡.
科学领域:
- 医学研究 医学研究
- 皮肤病学 皮肤病学
- 学术医学是一门学术医学.
背景情况:
- 在学术医学中,显著的性别差异是显而易见的,特别是在皮肤病学期刊编辑委员会内.
- 在编辑委员会成员中,女性仅占22%,与她们在全职学院皮肤科医生中占51%的比例形成鲜明对比.
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