Where Are the Women Editors?

Promoting Women to Editorial Leadership Positions at Academic Psychiatry

“…Women on editorial boards serve as role models and can inspire others to greater heights. The Academic Psychiatry Editor Emeritus, Dr. Laura Weiss Roberts, wrote that the presence of great women in medicine made becoming an editor in chief seem possible to her [3]. She also expressed her hope that early career academic colleagues would envision themselves in influential roles, including as journal editors, even if they were not seeing someone who looks like them in the job already.…”

Where Are the Women?

“…To the Editor: I read with great interest Dr. Roberts' recent Academic Psychiatry editorial "Where Are the Women Editors?" [1]. Indeed, I thought to myself, where are the women?…”

Gender insensitive salutations in letters and correspondence sections of journals

“…Although gender-inclusive language is emphasized in scientific publishing, much progress is needed to overcome the archaic stereotypes. Unfortunately, there is still a gender imbalance among the chief editors of major scientific journals, including psychiatry (Roberts 2014;Hafeez et al 2019). However, despite this, we think it would be better to use gender-neutral language in salutations used in correspondence sections of scientific publications.…”