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INTRODUCTION - PURPOSE: Gender disparity is a crucial problem in medicine and hasbeen debated more than ever in recent years (1-6). However, gender diversity on editorialboards of critical care journals remains unclear. This cross-sectional study aims to analyze thegender distribution of editorial board members of critical care journals and reveal theindependent factors related to gender diversity.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was approved by the local ethics committee(Date:31.08.2022 and number:2022/28-07). Editorial board members of the critical carejournals indexing in Web of Science, Science Citation Index-Expanded core collection wereenrolled in the study. Participants’ genders were defined according to first names/picturesobtained from journals’ websites between 01 and 30 September 2022. Publisher properties andjournal metrics were also recorded. Chi-square, Fisher exact, Mann–Whitney U tests, andSpearman's correlation coefficient were used for the analysis. Independent factors related togender diversity were revealed by using logistic regression analysis.RESULTS: Women's representation on editorial boards and among editors-in-chief were23.6% and 11.1%, respectively. The United States of America (odds ratio [OR], 0.04, 95%confidence interval [CI], 0.01–0.15, p < 0.001) and Netherlands (OR, 0.04, 95% CI, 0.01–0.16,p < 0.001) as publisher’s countries, an IF > 5 (OR, 0.25, 95% CI, 0.17–0.38, p < 0.001),publication duration < 30 years (OR, 0.09, 95% CI, 0.06–0.12, p < 0.001), multidisciplinaryperspective of editorial policy (OR, 0.46, 95% CI, 0.32–0.65, p < 0.001), journals categorizedin critical care medicine and nursing (OR, 0.38, 95% CI, 0.22–0.66, p < 0.001), and being asection editor (OR, 0.49, 95% CI, 0.32–0.74, p = 0.001) were associated with gender parity.Europe as a journal continent (OR, 36.71, 95% CI, 8.39–160.53, p < 0.001) was related togender disparity.DISCUSSION - CONCLUSION: Further efforts are needed to expand diversity policies tofoster fair conditions for all persons in critical care medicine. |
