scholarly journals A96 GENDER DIFFERENCES IN GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY AUTHORSHIP AND EDITORIAL BOARDS

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 70-71
Author(s):  
N Jawaid ◽  
K Leung ◽  
N Bollegala
Keyword(s):  
Impact Factor ◽  
Journal Citation Report ◽  
Senior Author ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Gender Distribution ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Male Dominated

Abstract Background Women are numerically under-represented in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology. Aims To characterize the gender distribution of first and senior authors and editorial board members of the highest impact factor journals in gastroenterology and hepatology. Methods Using Clarivate Journal Citation Report 2019, the 28 highest ranked journals within gastroenterology and hepatology were selected for review, along with the Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. Publications between January 1 to December 31, 2019 were included. Gender of board members and authors was identified using publicly available data. Spearman correlation coefficients were calculated using SPSS to assess for a relationship between editorial board, first author, and senior author gender as well as impact factor. Results Of 29 journals assessed with a median impact factor of 5.55 (IQR 3.72–9.10), 357 journal issues and 8036 articles were reviewed. Three journals were headed by female chief editors, constituting 7.7% of all editors-in-chief (3/39). In total, females made up 17.1% of editorial board members (n=584). Of 8036 first authors, 2547 (31.7%) were female. Of 7335 senior authors, 1390 (19.3%) were female. There were no statistically significant correlations between impact factor and gender. Chief editor gender did not significantly correlate with gender distribution of editorial boards, first or senior authors. There was a significant positive correlation between male-dominated editorial boards and male first and senior authorship, versus a significant negative correlation between male-dominated editorial boards and female first and senior authorship. A positive correlation exists for the same gender between first and senior authors. Conclusions Although gender distribution of female first and senior authorship approaches current distributions in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology, editor-in-chief positions and editorial board membership on journals continue to be occupied by men in higher proportions. Future endeavors such as diversity statements and mentorship may help to balance these distributions in the future. Funding Agencies None

scholarly journals Looking back and moving forward: a bibliographic survey of the Hungarian-language Orvosi Hetilap

2012 ◽  
Vol 153 (48) ◽  
pp. 1905-1917
Author(s):  
Anna Berhidi ◽  
Zsuzsa Margittai ◽  
Lívia Vasas
Keyword(s):  
Impact Factor ◽  
Scientific Journal ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Thomson Reuters ◽  
Hungarian Language ◽  
Number Of Citations

Introduction: The first step in the process of acquisition of impact factor for a scientific journal is to get registered at Thomson Reuters Web of Science database. Aim: The aim of this article is to evaluate the content and structure of Orvosi Hetilap with regards to selection criteria of Thomson Reuters, in particular to objectives of citation analysis. Methods: Authors evaluated issues of Orvosi Hetilap published in 2011 and calculated the unofficial impact factor of the journal based on systematic search in various citation index databases. Number of citations, quality of citing journals and scientific output of the editorial board members were evaluated. Adherence to guidelines of international publishers was assessed, as well. Results: Unofficial impact factor of Orvosi Hetilap has been continuously rising every year in the past decade (except for 2004 and 2010). The articles of Orvosi Hetilap are widely cited by international authors and high impact factor journals, too. Further, more than half the articles cited are open access. The most frequently cited categories are original and review articles as well as clinical studies. Orvosi Hetilap is a weekly published journal, which is covered by many international databases such as PubMed/Medline, Scopus, Embase, and BIOSIS Previews. As regards to the scientific output of the editorial board members, the truncated mean of the number of their publications was 497, citations 2446, independent citations 2014 and h-index 21. Conclusions: While Orvosi Hetilap fulfils many criteria for getting covered by Thomson Reuters, it is worthwhile to implement a method of online citation system in order to increase the number of citations. In addition, scientific publications of all editorial board members should be made easily accessible. Finally, publications of comparative studies by multiple authors are encouraged as well as papers containing epidemiological data analyses. Orv. Hetil., 2012, 153, 1905–1917.

Editorial boards of 45 journals devoted to school and educational psychology: International characteristics and publication patterns

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-136
Author(s):  
Jiayi Wang ◽  
John C. Begeny ◽  
Rahma M. Hida ◽  
Helen O. Oluokun
Keyword(s):  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Publication Patterns ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Future Research Directions

To assess and promote internationally representative scholarship, several past studies have examined the geographic affiliation of journals’ editorial board members and authors. The present study is the first known to examine this with journals devoted to school and educational psychology. After systematically identifying all peer-reviewed scholarly journals around the globe that are specifically devoted to school or educational psychology ( N = 45), the goals of this study were to (a) report key characteristics about each journal’s editorial board, and (b) examine the extent to which geographic affiliation (country where one is employed) is consistent among a journal’s editorial board members and recent authors. One key finding revealed that editorial boards of the discipline’s journals represent individuals from all global regions, but many global regions (e.g. Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America) are underrepresented. Another finding showed that the vast majority of journals evidence strong similarities in geographic affiliation between editorial board members and authors. Findings, implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed in the context of internationalization.

scholarly journals Policy on Conflict of Interest

2008 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
_ _
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Open Disclosure ◽  
Interest Policy ◽  
Publishing Group ◽  
Considerable Discussion

Relationships between industry and neurosurgeons engaged in both clinical practice and research have become increasingly complicated due to increased utilization of expensive devices in day-to-day neurosurgical practice. The Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) has always had a policy of demanding open disclosure of any real, potential, or even perceived conflict of interest by authors submitting scientific manuscripts. Recently, the editor-in-chief and members of the editorial boards, after much discussion of this issue, decided that this policy of open disclosure should be enhanced and more specifically defined. In addition, we felt that such a policy should be extended to all reviewers of articles submitted for publication to JNSPG journals—both members of the editorial boards and ad hoc reviewers. To clarify, extend, and specify the JNSPG's policy in this respect, the editor and editorial boards developed a task force on “Conflict of Interest.” The task force, after considerable discussion with the full editorial boards, developed the following Conflict of Interest policy as well as the forms that submitting authors, editorial board members, and other reviewers are now required to complete.

scholarly journals The Journal “Russian Annals” (Paris; Shanghai, 1937–1939): Table of Contents

Literary Fact ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 352-392
Author(s):  
Manfred Schruba
Keyword(s):  
General Characteristic ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Bibliographical Description

The paper gives a bibliographical description of a full set of the first wave emigré journal “Russian Annals” contents. The introduction provides a general characteristic of the periodical and briefly presents the journal’s editor M.N. Pavlovskii. It draws a sketch of the journal’s history main landmarks, which can be neatly divided in two divergent periods with different editorial boards. The foreword describes also the particularities of the everyday editorial business under the circumstances of the publisher’s residence in Shanghai and the editorial board members’ habitation in Paris. Finally, the table of contents’ structure features are displayed.

scholarly journals Policy on Conflict of Interest

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. E13 ◽  
Author(s):  
_ _
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Open Disclosure ◽  
Interest Policy ◽  
Publishing Group ◽  
Considerable Discussion

Relationships between industry and neurosurgeons engaged in both clinical practice and research have become increasingly complicated due to increased utilization of expensive devices in day-to-day neurosurgical practice. The Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) has always had a policy of demanding open disclosure of any real, potential, or even perceived conflict of interest by authors submitting scientific manuscripts. Recently, the editor-in-chief and members of the editorial boards, after much discussion of this issue, decided that this policy of open disclosure should be enhanced and more specifically defined. In addition, we felt that such a policy should be extended to all reviewers of articles submitted for publication to JNSPG journals—both members of the editorial boards and ad hoc reviewers. To clarify, extend, and specify the JNSPG's policy in this respect, the editor and editorial boards developed a task force on “Conflict of Interest.” The task force, after considerable discussion with the full editorial boards, developed the following Conflict of Interest policy as well as the forms that submitting authors, editorial board members, and other reviewers are now required to complete.

scholarly journals The state of russian library and information sciences from the perspective of academic journals

Bibliosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 56-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Mazov ◽  
V. N. Gureyev
Keyword(s):  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Scholarly Output ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Information Sciences

Scientific challenge: A study of the current state of library and information sciences via bibliometric analysis of scientific journals and their editorial board members, i. e. geographic distribution and bibliometric analysis of their scholarly output resulting in additional approaches to evaluate serials and scientific area.Purpose: Bibliometric analyses of journals and scholarly output and geographic distribution of their editorial board members being the most authoritative experts over the last 5 years; detection of large scientific centers of library and information science; detection of a core of academic journals.Originality: For the first time in Russian literature results of the analysis of editorial boards are described for additional evaluation of library and information science journals and relevant scientific areas in general. Due to a limited number of papers on analysis of editorial boards this paper can be used as methodological one as well.Findings: Analysis of geographic distribution enabled us to detect a share of foreign members of almost 25 percent. The largest groups of Russian experts are located in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, but also in two regional centers of the European part of Russia – Voronezh and Samara, while only Novosibirsk is the center of the Siberian expert group in library and information science. Experts mainly work at universities, followed by research organizations of The Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Wide range of bibliometric indices of editorial board members correlates with that of relevant journals. Some approaches of editors to enhance journal indices are detected including publication of their own high-level papers in journals which they are working for since these papers are attracting a larger amount of citations as compared with papers of other authors. Another strategy assumes that editorial board members cite their own journal in other serials. Co-citation data of analyzed journals predominantly demonstrate the absence of strong connections between journals.Conclusions: Editorial boards play a significant role in enhancing bibliometric indices of journals, and stronger integration of Russian library and information science society is necessary which may result in increasing currently low ranks of the studied journals among international serials.

Who Are the Gatekeepers? An Examination of Diversity in INFORMS Journal Editorial Boards

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laker J. Newhouse ◽  
Margaret L. Brandeau
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Underrepresented Minorities ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Underrepresented Minority ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Journal Editorial ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
High Level

Publishing in respected scholarly journals is critical to academic success. However, if journal editorial boards fail to reflect the diversity of thought in a field, worthy work may be overlooked. This study assesses the level of diversity in the editorial boards of the 16 INFORMS journals. We examine gender, whether an individual is an underrepresented minority, and institutional affiliation, and perform a network analysis to identify coauthor relationships between editorial board members. We find that the editorial boards have low levels of diversity: women comprise just under 20% of the editorial board members; fewer than 1% of editorial board members are underrepresented minorities; and 10 institutions (less than 5% of the total) account for more than 25% of the editors. We find a high level of connectivity between editorial board members (as measured by coauthor relationship) for some of the INFORMS journals, suggesting the influence of an “in crowd” of like-minded individuals. INFORMS can and should work to end this state of affairs: we provide a set of actionable recommendations for broadening diversity and reducing connectivity on the INFORMS journal editorial boards. In this way, INFORMS journals can support a diversity of backgrounds and views, enabling the publication of a broader range of ideas and invigorating academic discourse in our profession.

scholarly journals Academic tweeting in #ObGyn. Where do we stand?

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 867-870
Author(s):  
Ghanshyam S. Yadav ◽  
Nupur R. Nagarkatti ◽  
Sagar O. Rohondia ◽  
Hadi Erfani ◽  
Charles C. Kilpatrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Impact Factor ◽  
New England ◽  
Median Number ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Obstetrics And Gynecology ◽  
Physician Leaders ◽  
Twitter Account ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Twitter Activity

Abstract Objective To describe the scenario of academic tweeting and utilization of Twitter by editorial board members of the leading journal in obstetrics and gynecology. Methods The Twitter presence of an editorial board members of obstetrics and gynecology journal with an impact factor greater than 4 was determined. Details of their Twitter activity, year of graduation from medical school and gender were analyzed. Median SparkScore™, an online influence measure, of journals was compared to the highest impact factor journals in medicine (New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, The British Medical Journal and Journal of the American Medical Association). Results In the six highest impact factor journals in obstetrics and gynecology, 92 of 240 (38.3%) editorial board members had an active Twitter account. The Twitter presence of editorial members of Obstetrics and Gynecology was statistically less when compared to all other journals (P < 0.01). The median number of tweets in the last 24 h and 7 days were 0. Median SparkScore™ for the highest impact factor obstetrics and gynecology journals (24) were lower compared to the highest impact journals in medicine (66) (P = 0.03). Conclusion Editorial board members of the six highest impact factor journals in obstetrics and gynecology are not capitalizing on the dynamic nature of Twitter and its instant convenient access from our smartphones to further academia, when compared to specialties in medicine. There is a need for increased adoption of Twitter among physician leaders in the specialty.

Association of h-index of Editorial Board Members and Impact Factor among Radiology Journals

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solmaz Asnafi ◽  
Tina Gunderson ◽  
Robert J. McDonald ◽  
David F. Kallmes
Keyword(s):  
Impact Factor ◽  
Board Members ◽  
H Index
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