Tomizawa Yasuko
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan,
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Feb;62(2):131-2. doi: 10.1007/s11748-013-0350-1. Epub 2013 Nov 30.
Japan ranks extremely low in global ranking of gender equality. It is not easy for female doctors to acquire leadership positions in member societies of the Japanese Association of Medical Science (JAMS). Very few women are included on editorial boards of English medical journals in Japan. Furthermore, until last year, there had been no female editors in English language journals of surgical societies. The qualifications and criteria for selecting editorial board members of medical journals should be clarified. Medical journals in Japan would gain diversity by including women on editorial boards in the same proportion as women membership in the corresponding medical societies.
日本在全球性别平等排名中极低。女性医生在日本医学科学协会（JAMS）的成员学会中获得领导职位并非易事。在日本，很少有女性被纳入英文医学期刊的编辑委员会。此外，直到去年，外科学会的英文期刊都没有女性编辑。医学期刊编辑委员会成员的资质和标准应予以明确。日本的医学期刊若能按照相应医学学会中女性成员的比例吸纳女性进入编辑委员会，将实现多元化。
