Authors, editors, and gender in the Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology: An update.

Abstract

The Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology journal was examined based on authorship and gender from 2007 to 2020. Data were calculated for total authorship by gender (women and men), authorship as first author by gender, articles with at least one woman as an author, articles with at least one man as an author, and collaborative articles. There were 3,442 listed authors across 794 articles. Women and men accounted for 43.3% and 55.5% authorship, respectively, irrespective of authorship order. Women were listed as first authors 48.3%, and men were listed as first authors 51.5%. Editorial boards were also examined based on gender from 2006 to 2021. The total number (and percentage) of women on editorial boards increased across editorial terms, with the present term showing the highest inclusion of women. Public Significance StatementThis study analyzed authorship and consulting editors on editorial boards by gender (women and men). The data show that women's participation as authors, in general and as first authors, has increased since 2007, while their participation on editorial boards reached their highest point in recent years (2018)(2019)(2020)(2021).

Progress and promise: A brief reflection on my time as editor of Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.

“…Over the time I have been editor, the field has become increasingly cognizant of the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. So, although the editorial fellowship program may help to address some of those issues, and, as shown in this recent article in Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology (Curiel, 2022), we have made strides in certain areas (e.g., our group of consulting editors comprises approximately 50% women and 50% men), we have much to improve on in terms of representation of people from underrepresented backgrounds (broadly defined) at the journal and in the field. APA Publishing is enabling this by building measures that journal teams can use to understand who their authors and reviewers are and by providing a diversity toolkit for journal editors, which I am honored to have contributed to (https://www.apa.org/pubs/authors/ equity-diversity-inclusion-toolkit).…”