Emergency Medicine Journal Editorial Boards: Analysis of Gender, H-Index, Publications, Academic Rank, and Leadership Roles

Introduction:Our goal in this study was to determine female representation on editorial boards of high-ranking emergency medicine (EM) journals. In addition, we examined factors associated with gender disparity, including board members ’ academic rank, departmental leadership position, h-index, total publications, total citations, and total publishing years.Methods:In this retrospective study, we examined EM editorial boards with an impact factor of 1 or greater according to the Clarivate Journal Citations Report for a total of 16 journals. All board members with a doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathic medicine degree, or international equivalent were included, resulting in 781 included board members. We analyzed board members ’ gender, academic rank, departmental leadership position, h-index, total publications, total citations, and total publishing years.Results:Gender disparity was clearly notable, with...
Source: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research