Sex and Gender Equity in Research and Publishing: International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences endorses SAGER Guidelines

How Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are Changing Clinical Research

“…Recently, the International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences endorsed SAGER guidelines to improve the reporting of sex and gender in research while creating an environment able to integrate equity of sex and gender into manuscripts as an integral part of the editorial process. 5,6 As women, minorities also have been underrepresented in CV clinical studies. Some minority populations have shown disproportionately higher rates of certain diseases such as hypertension, heart failure and cerebrovascular disease.…”

“…Secondly, to adopt policies focused on diversity, equity and inclusion that can be easily translated into actions such as endorsing guidelines promoting equity such as SAGER, including minorities in editorial and reviewer boards, and promoting diversity publicly (webinars and symposia). 6,11 Finally, some high impact journals are promoting an increase in transparency of data concerning minorities. Since January 1, 2022, the New England Journal of Medicine has demanded that authors prepare a supplementary table that provides background information on the disease, problem, or condition and the representativeness of the study group, to be posted with the article.…”