分析高影响力的医学伦理学期刊编辑委员会的组成:一项调查研究
Zhiwei Jia1, Donghua Liu1, Xingxuan Li1
1Department of Orthopedics, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
BMC medical ethics
|February 4, 2024
概括
高影响力的医学伦理学期刊缺乏国际多样性. 编辑委员会主要由来自高收入国家的成员组成,低收入和中等收入国家的代表人数严重不足.
科学领域:
- 医学伦理 医学伦理
- 学术出版学术出版
- 全球卫生平等全球卫生平等
背景情况:
- 来自低收入和中等收入国家 (LMICs) 的学术作品在学术文献中代表性不足,部分原因是编辑偏见.
- 这种代表性不足是跨学科的记录关注,但在医学伦理学中未被探索.
- 这项研究通过检查高影响力的医学伦理学期刊的编辑委员会组成来解决这一差距.
研究的目的:
- 分析领先的医学伦理学期刊的编辑委员会成员 (EBM) 的地理和收入水平组成.
- 量化这些编辑团队内部的国际多样性的程度.
- 确定医学伦理学奖学金中的全球代表性的潜在偏见.
主要方法:
- 分析了16个具有影响力的医学伦理学期刊.
- 系统地收集关于编辑委员会成员 (EBM) 的数据.
- 基于世界银行国家收入分类和地理区域的EBM分类.
主要成果:
- 在669个EBM中,89.84%来自高收入国家 (HICs);7.47%来自中高收入国家;2.69%来自中低收入国家. 没有EBM来自低收入国家.
- 北美 (48.88%) 和欧洲和中亚 (27.50%) 是最受代表的地区.
- 美国 (43.80%) 和英国 (13.15%) 的EBM比例最高.
结论:
- 在具有影响力的医学伦理学期刊的编辑委员会中显著缺乏国际代表.
- 编辑委员会绝大多数与高收入国家有关.
- 低收入和中等收入国家在医学伦理学期刊领导层中的严重不足.
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