Non-white scientists in particular Black scientists are underrepresented on editorial boards, receive proportionally fewer citations, and experience longer review times for their papers, factors that can all impact their career prospects.
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An analysis of more than 1000 science journals published over 38 years suggests that 12 per cent of journal editors publish a fifth of their own research
To determine the representation of women among scientific journal editors -; key players in the scientific community who have the final say about what papers get published -; a team led by NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) researchers has completed the largest study to date of systemic gender inequality in editorial boards over the past five decades.
Muslim researcher: ‘I do not understand how gender politics works out in the West’
An academic journal is giving potential veto power over submitted papers to “groups concerned by the findings,” following outrage over a published paper that concluded male mentors are better for female scientists.
Nature Communications revised its internal guidelines last week to consider “the dimension of potential harm” that a paper can inflict on concerned groups.
It also announced that the three authors – two of whom are female – had retracted the mentorship paper because its “conclusions in their current form do not stand.”
The about-face by the journal, a sister publication to the better-known