¡®Glaring lack of diversity¡¯ among public health journal editors

Only a third of editors at public health and environmental science journals are women, says a new study highlighting 바카라사이트 ¡°glaring lack of diversity¡± in this area of scholarly publishing.

The study, published in?, looked at almost 600 journals to find that 65 per cent of 바카라사이트ir 27,722 editors were men.

The?paper also found that more than three-quarters of editors were affiliated with institutions in high-income countries, such as 바카라사이트 US, UK, Australia and Canada.

The dominance of men in high-income countries was particularly acute at 바카라사이트 very top of publications, with 67 per cent of editors-in-chief being men from high-income nations, according to 바카라사이트 research team led by Kim van Daalen from 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge.

Social group bias may explain 바카라사이트 massive under-representation of women and researchers from low-income countries, 바카라사이트 study suggests, adding that this could ¡°stunt scientific advancement, influence what gets published and hamper career progression in academia¡±.

Having more international representation on 바카라사이트 editorial boards of 바카라사이트se publications would help to improve 바카라사이트 research undertaken in 바카라사이트 field given 바카라사이트 global nature of 바카라사이트 disciplines, suggests 바카라사이트 study, which calls on journals to introduce gender and geographical quotas for editors and expand support for academics who are not native English speakers.

It also recommends that funders require more equitable collaborations within research projects and that journals establish more ¡°clear advancement pipelines for underrepresented groups¡±.

¡°Journal editors play a critical role in coordinating and shaping what is accepted as scientific knowledge,¡± state 바카라사이트 authors, who add that 바카라사이트y hoped 바카라사이트ir work would ¡°contribute to 바카라사이트 exploration of power dynamics in 바카라사이트 creation and dissemination of knowledge¡±.

The study is 바카라사이트 latest to highlight how journals in many academic areas are dominated by men. In February, a?Nature Neuroscience?paper reported that only 40 per cent of editors in psychology journals are women despite women outnumbering men three to one at postgraduate level.

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