scholarly journals Revisiting the Presence of Women in Political Science Journal Editorial Positions

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-504
Author(s):  
Barbara Palmer ◽  
Laura van Assendelft ◽  
Mary Stegmaier
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Science Journal ◽  
Senior Faculty ◽  
Journal Editorial ◽  
Political Science Journals ◽  
The Way

ABSTRACTIn 2010, an analysis of the top 50 political science journals showed that women were reasonably well represented as editors, associate editors, and board members compared to their numbers as senior faculty at PhD-granting institutions. As the presence of women in the profession has increased, have women kept up in these editorial positions? Overall, the data from 2018 suggest that they have. Although women are still significantly underrepresented as editors and associate editors at journals with small editorial staffs, they are well represented at those with medium-sized and large staffs. The proportion of women as board members also has kept pace with the proportion of female senior faculty at PhD-granting institutions, especially at the top five journals in the profession. There is still significant variation among journals but little change in their rankings: journals with the highest proportion of women as editors, associate editors, and board members in 2010 continued to lead the way in 2018.

scholarly journals How Many Citations to Women Is “Enough”? Estimates of Gender Representation in Political Science

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-113
Author(s):  
Michelle L. Dion ◽  
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Gender Representation ◽  
Science Journal ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Journal Editors ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Implicit Biases ◽  
Political Science Journals

ABSTRACTRecent studies identified gendered citation gaps in political science journal articles, with male scholars being less likely to cite work by female scholars in comparison to their female peers. Although journal editors, editorial boards, and political scientists are becoming more aware of implicit biases and adopting strategies to remedy them, we know less about the proper baselines for citations in subfields and research areas of political science. Without information about how many women should be cited in a research field, it is difficult to know whether the distribution is biased. Using the gender distribution of membership in professional political science organizations and article authors in 38 political science journals, we provide scholars with suggested minimum baselines for gender representation in citations. We also show that women represent a larger share of organization members than the authors in sponsoring organizations’ journals.

scholarly journals How Many Citations to Women is “Enough”? Estimates of Gender Representation in Political Science

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle L. Dion ◽  
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Gender Representation ◽  
Science Journal ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Journal Editors ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Implicit Biases ◽  
Political Science Journals

Recent studies have identified gendered citation gaps in political science journal articles, with male scholars being less likely to cite work by female scholars in comparison to their female peers. While journal editors, editorial boards, and political scientists are becoming more aware of implicit biases and adopting strategies to remedy them, we know less about the proper baselines for citations in subfields and research areas of political science. Without information about how many women should be cited in a research field, it is difficult to know whether the distribution is biased. Using the gender distribution of membership in professional political science organizations and of article authors in 38 political science journals, we provide scholars with baselines for gender representation in citations. We also show that women represent a larger share of organization members than the authors in sponsoring organizations’ journals.

scholarly journals Editors' Perceptions of Ethical and Managerial Problems in Political Science Journals

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (04) ◽  
pp. 724-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara R. Jordan ◽  
Kim Quaile Hill
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Science Journal ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Journal Editors ◽  
Political Science Journals

AbstractWithin the medical and physical sciences journals evidence suggests that problems of authorship ethics and journal management bedevil the editors of these journals. Although anecdotal evidence suggests that similar problems persist in political science, the extent of these problems within political science is not well established. Here we report the results of a survey of political science journal editors' perceptions of ethical and managerial issues associated with their journals. We find that unlike ethical publication concerns in the clinical and natural sciences fields, these issues are not of significant concern among our sample. Ethical problems are of low concern and editors report high levels of confidence to address these problems. Managerial problems, such as the adequacy of reviewer pools, are of higher concern to our sample.

scholarly journals Getting on the Board: The Presence of Women in Political Science Journal Editorial Positions

2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (04) ◽  
pp. 799-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Stegmaier ◽  
Barbara Palmer ◽  
Laura van Assendelft
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Science Journal ◽  
Journal Editorial

Standing Out and Blending In: Contact-Based Research, Ethics, and Positionality

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Carolyn E. Holmes
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Research Ethics ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Ethical Training ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
Different Populations ◽  
The Way

ABSTRACT This article explores the ethical difficulties that arise because of the interaction between fieldwork practitioners and their sites, in terms of the positionality of the researcher. What are the ethics of blending in or of standing out? This question stems from my experience of 12 months of fieldwork in South Africa in two distinct locales and among two different populations, one in which I could “pass” and another in which I was marked as various degrees of “outsider.” Drawing on this fieldwork, as well as an overview of the literature in political science on positionality, I argue that our discipline—because of the way it shapes interactions and research outcomes—must take positionality seriously in ethical training and practice.

Woolworths and Wales: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of the Loss of a Local Brand

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin James Smith ◽  
Jesse Heley ◽  
Ian Stafford
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Dimensional Analysis ◽  
General Public ◽  
High Street ◽  
The Way

In this paper we present a multi-dimensional analysis of the closure of Woolworths in Wales and the way in which the loss of this familiar high-street brand can be accounted for at a number of levels and within different social arenas. Primarily, the paper demonstrates how Woolworths is positioned as a symbol of a previous era of consumption centred upon community and place based notions of nostalgia and community. What is striking in the analysis is the similarities in the way in which Woolworths is mobilised as a symbol by the general public and elites; albeit with varying outcomes and affects. In presenting the analysis the paper demonstrates a processual framing as providing a fruitful approach to the combination of different approaches and fields of inquiry (sociology, geography, and political science) without diminishing their distinct contributions.

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