Assessing gender balance among journal authors and editorial board members
Assessing gender balance among journal authors and editorial board members
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DOI：
10.1007/s11192-012-0824-4
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发表时间：
2013-04-01
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Bordons, Maria
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作者：
Mauleon, Elba;Hillan, Laura;Bordons, Maria
本文根据关于需要按性别获取科学技术指标的国际建议，从性别角度对期刊作者和编委会成员身份进行了研究。作者身份让我们了解通过期刊文章为新知识的产生和传播做出贡献的活跃科学家，而编辑委员会成员身份则让我们了解在科学界获得科学认可的领先科学家。本研究按性别分析了所有科学领域 131 种高质量西班牙期刊的编辑委员会组成、精选的 36 种期刊中男性和女性作者的情况，以及 1998 年至 2009 年这些方面的演变。在作者、编辑委员会成员和编辑方面，女性的比例低于男性。女性作者的比例略低于西班牙高等教育部门的女性比例，并且编辑委员会中女性的比例增加了一倍，这反映了女性在最高学术级别的比例。多年来，大多数领域的性别差距趋于缩小，特别是在作者方面，而在编辑委员会成员方面则略有缩小。大型编辑委员会和女性主编与女性在编辑委员会中的存在呈正相关。通过分析精选的国际参考期刊，在国际背景下进一步评估了西班牙科学领域女性的状况。最后讨论了基于期刊的指标对于监测男性和女性在科学领域的状况以及评估旨在加强科学领域性别平等的政策是否成功的有用性。
The study of journal authorship and editorial board membership from a gender perspective is addressed in this paper following international recommendations about the need to obtain science and technology indicators by gender. Authorship informs us about active scientists who contribute to the production and dissemination of new knowledge through journal articles, while editorial board membership tells us about leading scientists who have obtained scientific recognition within the scientific community. This study analyses by gender the composition of the editorial boards of 131 high-quality Spanish journals in all fields of science, the presence of men and women as authors in a selection of 36 journals, and the evolution of these aspects from 1998 to 2009. Female presence is lower than male presence in authorship, editorial board membership and editorship. The presence of female authors is slightly lower than the presence of women in the Spanish Higher Education sector and doubles female presence in editorial boards, which mirrors female presence in the highest academic rank. The gender gap tends to diminish over the years in most areas, especially in authorship and very slightly in editorial board membership. Large editorial boards and having a female editor-in-chief are positively correlated with women presence in editorial boards. The situation of women in Spanish science is further assessed in an international context analysing a selection of international reference journals. The usefulness of journal-based indicators to monitor the situation of men and women in science and to assess the success of policies oriented to enhance gender equality in science is finally discussed.