2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.02.021
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Representation of women in editorial boards of infectious disease and microbiology journals—cross-sectional study

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“…For ID and academic medicine in general, unequal gender representation in editorial positions has been demonstrated before. 3,14,23 Our results complement this finding.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
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“…For ID and academic medicine in general, unequal gender representation in editorial positions has been demonstrated before. 3,14,23 Our results complement this finding.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…Likewise, increasing the number of woman EiCs may serve as a valuable tool to increase the overall proportion of woman editors. 14 Based on our analyses, gender balance among editors and EiC positions may be a promising policy tool to help counteract disparity in academic publishing especially regarding last authorship publications.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%
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“…This pattern is further evidenced by the composition of journal editorial boards. Over the years, several published studies have highlighted the under-representation of women on editorial boards of major academic journals [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. For example, a 2011 analysis of the editorial boards of 60 top-ranked medical journals found that 17.5% of the 4,112 editorial board members and only 10 of the 63 editors-in-chief were women [14].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This representation gap is even more glaring for certain specialties: a similar analysis of 42 American surgical journals in 2019 revealed only two editors-in-chief and less than 15% of the editorial boards were women [17]. While this pattern has been seen across various disciplines such as mathematics [20], cardiology [16], global health [11], infectious diseases and microbiology [15], and environmental biology [21], it is important to also note that few studies include individuals identifying outside the gender binary, such as gender non-confirming or transgender � individuals.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%