Participación femenina en los comités editoriales de revistas médicas en Latinoamérica

Aquino-Canchari, Christian Renzo; Chávez-Bustamante, Saraí Gloria; Benites-Ibarra, Christeam A.; Quijano-Escate, Renatta; Arroyo-Hernández, Hugo

doi:10.7705/biomedica.6120

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“…The current evidence has explored the editorial board composition of journals set in high‐income countries (HICs), but little is known about the editorial boards in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), particularly in Latin America [7, 8]. Until now, few studies have investigated the gender disparities among journal editorial boards from surgical, anesthesia, and obstetric (SAO) specialties in Latin America [12]. A granular understanding of this issue in the region is necessary to guide journal leadership, academic organizations, and publishing groups to plan contextually adapted strategies to improve equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) on editorial boards.…”

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Women Representation on Editorial Boards in Latin America Journals: Promoting Gender Equity in Academic Surgery, Anesthesia, and Obstetrics

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Background Inequitable representation in journal editorial boards may impact women's career progression across surgical, anesthesia, and obstetric (SAO) specialties. However, data from Latin America are lacking. We evaluated women's representation on editorial boards of Latin America SAO journals in 2021. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional analysis, retrieving journals through Scimago Journal and Country Rank 2020. Journals were included if active, focused on SAO topics, and publicly provided information on editorial board staff. Editorial board member names and positions were extracted from journals' websites. Members were classified into senior (e.g., editor-in-chief), academic (e.g., reviewer), and non-academic roles (e.g., administrative office). Women's representation was predicted from first names using Genderize.io. The number of women SAO physicians per country was obtained from articles and governmental reports. Results We included 19 of 25 identified journals and analyzed 1,318 names. Three anesthesiology, seven obstetric, and nine surgical journals represented five Latin American countries. Women held 17% (224/1,318) of board positions [p \ 0.0001; 95% CI(0.14, 0.19)]. Women held fewer academic roles (14.3%, 155/1,084) compared to senior [28.9%, 64/221 (p \ 0.001)] and non-academic roles [38.4%, 5/13 (p = 0.042)]. Surgical journals had fewer women (7.7%, 58/752) compared to anesthesia [25.5%, 52/204 (p = 0.006)] and obstetrics [31.5%, 114/362 (p \ 0.001)]. Women's proportion on editorial boards increased according to the number of women SAO physicians per country (p \ 0.001). Conclusions Our study assessed the composition of editorial boards from Latin America SAO journals and demonstrated that women remain underrepresented. Our findings highlight the need for regional strategies to advance women's careers across SAO specialties.

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Women Representation on Editorial Boards in Latin America Journals: Promoting Gender Equity in Academic Surgery, Anesthesia, and Obstetrics

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“…This is reflected in less frequent citations, lower presence in specialized journals, and limited representation in scientific conferences (Tornero et al, 2020;López et al, 2021). Furthermore, the unequal presence of men in the evaluation and review systems of scientific journals is highlighted, which can influence gender gaps in scientific publication (Aquino et al, 2022). Women have limited representation in leadership roles and in higher-level decision-making instances in institutes, laboratories, and research teams (Betlloch, 2019;Giner et al, 2021).…”

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Gender gaps in scientific research: a systematic review

Grijalva Salazar,

Fernández-Bedoya,

Meneses La Riva

et al. 2023

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Background: The gender gaps present in the field of scientific and academic research generate discrimination and lack of equal opportunities for women, resulting in several barriers that significantly limit women's scientific productivity. The objective was to identify the main gender gaps in productivity and scientific research. Method: The researchers conducted a systematic search for articles on gender disparities in women's scientific production in the SCOPUS and REDALYC repositories, taking into account manuscripts in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Articles on gender gaps in scientific production were included, while empirical studies with other approaches to gender discrimination were excluded. Studies that did not address gender differences in scientific research, those that focused only on specific scientific disciplines without taking gender into account, and those that were not available in their entirety were excluded. The search and selection were conducted from May and June 2023. To avoid stumbling blocks, other methods were used, such as initially filtering titles based on a search equation and then excluding those that did not address gender differences in scientific research. Next, manuscripts were reviewed and those that did not meet the inclusion criteria were excluded. Finally, the remaining research was thoroughly reviewed to obtain the information needed for the study. Results: A total of 23 articles were analyzed, addressing various issues such as discrimination, lack of policies to support women, academic inequalities and other factors that make female participation more difficult. Conclusion: The main findings revealed gender gaps that have an impact on worldwide female scientific production. The literature frequently focuses on low output without investigating the causes. When they approach, they just treat the surface. Future research should focus on gender disparities in production, as well as the daily challenges women face in research and scientific production.

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“…We note that reports continue to be published demonstrating inequity in publishing and appear to be increasing in the years since we have been reporting RPTH data [ [7] , [8] , [9] ]. In one shocking example, considering Scopus-indexed medical journals published in Latin America, women comprised only 12.9% of those in editorial leadership positions [ 10 ]. We have reported inequity for some journals in the thrombosis and hemostasis field [ 11 ] and await improvements.…”

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Equity in scientific publishing: 2022 results from Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Pendlebury¹,

Cushman²

2023

Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis

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Participación femenina en los comités editoriales de revistas médicas en Latinoamérica

Cited by 5 publications

References 27 publications

Women Representation on Editorial Boards in Latin America Journals: Promoting Gender Equity in Academic Surgery, Anesthesia, and Obstetrics

Women Representation on Editorial Boards in Latin America Journals: Promoting Gender Equity in Academic Surgery, Anesthesia, and Obstetrics

Gender gaps in scientific research: a systematic review

Equity in scientific publishing: 2022 results from Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis

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