Diversity in the editorial boards of medical journals: a perspective from the Middle East
| Autor: | Zainab Atiyah Dakhil, Mohammed Dheyaa Marsool Marsool, Mohammed Saad Qasim, May Saad Al-Jorani |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease, Vol 18 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1753-9455 17539447 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/17539447241300022 |
| Popis: | Despite the significant increase in women in academic medicine over the last 50 years, women are still under-represented in leadership positions in academia. However, there is a lack of data on the diversity of editorial boards in Middle Eastern medical journals. So, we aim to portray the diversity of editorial boards of Iraqi medical journals by conducting a cross-sectional analysis of the editorial boards’ members of all Iraqi medical journals. Gender, affiliation and specialty were extracted from the journals’ websites and/or from the professional profiles of the editorial board members. Twenty-five journals and 446 editorial board members were analysed. More than half of editorial board members specialized in basic science, while 39.76% specialized in clinical specialties. Approximately, 20.18% of editorial board members (regardless their role) were women. Four percent of editor-in-chief were women. There were significant differences in editorial role according to gender ( p |
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