Gender imbalance in critical care medicine journals

IF 3.7 3区医学 Q1 ANESTHESIOLOGY

Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI:10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101504

Cristina Santonocito , Martina Maria Giambra , Maria Grazia Lumia , Filippo Sanfilippo , Vittorio Del Fabbro , Francesca Rubulotta , Elena Giovanna Bignami , Domenico Abelardo , Jean-Yves Lefrant , Jordi Rello

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Abstract

Introduction

The present study aimed at assessing gender balance in the Editorial roles of Critical Care Medicine (CCM) journals.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was performed for assessing the gender distribution in Editorial Board (EB) roles of journals indexed under Clarivate Journal Citation Reports and Scimago Journal & Country Rank. The influences of editorial roles and of journal rank (separated in quartiles) on gender balance were also assessed.

Results

Among 99 screened CCM journals, 92 journals were included. There were 937 women among 4002 EB members (23.4%). We found a greater imbalance among Editors-in-Chief (females: n = 12/104, 11.5%) as compared to editorial roles with lower responsibilities (Senior Editors, n = 22/104, 21.2%, p = 0.04; Associate Editors, n = 208/739, 28.1%, p = 0.0002; EB members, n = 695/3055, 22.7%, p = 0.0038). In a post-hoc analysis conducted separating the journals according to their ranking quartiles (1–2 vs. 3–4), we found no influence of ranking on gender balance. When exploring the gender balance according to the journals’ impact factor, there was a majority of men as editors in all 4 quartiles across all EB roles.

Conclusions

We found a large gap in gender distribution across EB members’ roles in CCM journals, especially in the role of Editor-in-Chief, regardless of the journal ranking.

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危重病医学期刊中的性别失衡。

引言本研究旨在评估重症医学（CCM）期刊编辑中的性别平衡：方法：对 Clarivate 期刊引文报告和 Scimago 期刊与国家排名中收录的期刊的编辑委员会（EB）角色的性别分布进行了横向调查。此外，还评估了编辑角色和期刊排名（按四分位数分列）对性别平衡的影响：结果：在 99 种经过筛选的《中国药典》期刊中，有 92 种期刊被收录。4002 名 EB 成员中有 937 名女性（占 23.4%）。我们发现，与责任较轻的编辑职位（高级编辑，n = 22/104，21.2%，p = 0.04；副主编，n = 208/739，28.1%，p = 0.0002；EB 成员，n = 695/3055，22.7%，p = 0.0038）相比，主编（女性：n = 12/104，11.5%）的失衡程度更高。根据期刊排名的四分位数（1-2 vs 3-4）进行事后分析，我们发现排名对性别平衡没有影响。在根据期刊影响因子探讨性别平衡时，在所有 4 个四分位数的所有 EB 角色中，男性编辑占多数：结论：我们发现，无论期刊排名如何，中药学期刊编辑部成员的性别分布差距都很大，尤其是主编一职。

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Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine ANESTHESIOLOGY-

CiteScore

6.70

自引率

5.50%

发文量

150

审稿时长

18 days

期刊介绍： Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine (formerly Annales Françaises d''Anesthésie et de Réanimation) publishes in English the highest quality original material, both scientific and clinical, on all aspects of anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine.