Editorial diversity in medical education journals
Editorial diversity in medical education journals
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DOI：
10.1111/tct.13386
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发表时间：
2021-05-28
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影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Rashid, Mohammed Ahmed
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作者：
Yip, Sharon Wing Lam;Rashid, Mohammed Ahmed
背景：近年来，医学教育领域试图扩大传统上被边缘化群体的声音，医学教育期刊也寻求变得更容易接触和多样化。本研究旨在调查医学教育期刊中编辑和编委会成员的性别和地域代表性。方法：从10种医学教育期刊的网站上检索个人编辑和编委会成员的信息，包括他们的性别和所在的国家。根据世界银行收入分类和世界银行地理区域对国家进行了分类。结果：在488名编辑和编辑委员会成员中，283名(58.0%)是男性，452名(92.6%)来自高收入国家，322名(66.0%)来自四个最具代表性的国家(美国、英国、澳大利亚和加拿大)。讨论：医学教育期刊编辑领导团队的构成仍然由男性、高收入国家和西方国家的人主导。引人注目的是，自17年前对这一领域进行上次审查以来，几乎没有发生什么变化，尽管该领域显然变得更加全球化。随着医学教育努力成为一门更具包容性和多样性的学科，制定政策以创建更具全球代表性的编辑领导团队现在应该是当务之急。
Background: In recent years, the field of medical education has sought to amplify the voices of those from traditionally marginalised groups and medical education journals have sought to become more accessible and diverse. This study sought to examine the gender and geographical representation of editors and editorial board members in medical education journals.Methods: Information about individual editors and editorial board members of 10 medical education journals was retrieved from their websites in January 2021, including their gender and the country in which they were based. Countries were categorised according to World Bank Income Classification and World Bank Geographical Regions. We then calculated the Composite Editorial Board Diversity Score for each journal.Findings: Of 488 editors and editorial board members, 283 (58.0%) were male, 452 (92.6%) were based in high-income countries and 322 (66.0%) were from the four countries with greatest representation (the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada).Discussion: The composition of medical education journals' editorial leadership teams remains dominated by males and those from higher income and Western countries. Strikingly, little change has taken place since this was last examined 17 years ago despite the field becoming apparently more globalised. As medical education strives to become a more inclusive and diverse discipline, developing policies to create more globally representative editorial leadership teams should now be an urgent priority.