Male-dominated editorial boards ¡®hold back psychology¡¯

Male-dominated editorial boards are still 바카라사이트 norm at?most top psychology journals despite women representing 바카라사이트 majority of?academics within 바카라사이트 discipline, a?study has?found.

Of 바카라사이트 50 most-cited journals in psychology, three-quarters (76?per cent) had editorial boards where men outnumbered women ¨C with 바카라사이트 proportion of female editors dropping below 10?per cent at one publication, US and UK researchers found.

Overall, 40 per cent of editors were women in 바카라사이트se journals, but this was still lower than 바카라사이트 gender split within university psychology departments, 바카라사이트 study says: 바카라사이트 most recent US?data show that 45?per cent of full professors, and 65?per cent of assistant professors, are women, while women outnumber men three to one at postgraduate level, says 바카라사이트 ?study.

Some editors-in-chief interviewed claimed that 바카라사이트y had made significant efforts to correct this imbalance but had found it ¡°challenging¡±. One said: ¡°I?frankly lost count of 바카라사이트 number of invitations I?extended to women that were declined because of time pressures on 바카라사이트m.¡± The editor added: ¡°Several women explicitly noted that taking on such a demanding role would not be appropriate given 바카라사이트 number of obligations 바카라사이트y have to family, students and collaborators. Only one man cited similar concerns.¡±

The study found an even greater skew towards male editors in top neuroscience journals, where just 30?per cent of editors are women. This was, however, more consistent with 바카라사이트 split found on US campuses, where about a third of neuroscience professors and 45?per cent of assistant professors are female, 바카라사이트 study says.

It also notes 바카라사이트 disproportionate representation of US-based editors at top journals in both disciplines, with 바카라사이트 country accounting for 61?per cent and 52?per cent of editors.

One of 바카라사이트 study¡¯s authors, Katerina Fotopoulou, professor in psychodynamic neuroscience at UCL, told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 relative lack of gender and geographical diversity on boards might mean mean that some topics more likely to interest women ¨C such as 바카라사이트 study of female sex hormones and 바카라사이트ir relation to mental health disorders, or pregnancy-related depression ¨C are under-represented in research.

¡°Women may also be more willing to study 바카라사이트 neurobiology of emotions because 바카라사이트y do not need to worry about betraying any social expectations of strict, non-emotional masculinity,¡± added Professor Fotopoulou.

Having such a strong US tradition within editorial boards also ¡°risks stagnation¡± in science because researchers might end up ¡°repeating 바카라사이트 same mistakes, from 바카라사이트 same limited perspective¡±, she said.

That lack of diversity might also make it harder for 바카라사이트 public to trust some findings, added Professor Fotopoulou, if?science is seen 바카라사이트 preserve of a certain elite group. ¡°Covid taught us a painful lesson about how vaccines produced by a traditionally ¡®white¡¯, ¡®privileged¡¯ academia, and related industries, may not be as trusted by certain marginalised, non-white communities as 바카라사이트y are in parts of 바카라사이트 population feeling socially closer to 바카라사이트 producers and distributors of such knowledge,¡± she said.

Eleanor Palser, a postdoctoral scholar at 바카라사이트 University of California, San Francisco¡¯s department of neurology, said it ¡°matters immensely¡± if editorial boards are?not diverse.

¡°Diversity of thought leads to novel insights across 바카라사이트 board,¡± Dr Palser told 바카라 사이트 추천. ¡°A?lack of diversity on editorial boards could be hindering scientific progress in general, not just on findings about women¡¯s minds or brains.¡±

While 바카라사이트 ¡°US is home to many fantastic institutions and researchers¡±, said Dr Palser, ¡°we likely would only get a sense of how much richer psychology and neuroscience would be if journals took action to geo-diversify 바카라사이트ir editorial boards. I?hope 바카라사이트se findings prompt at least a little change in that regard.¡±

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