Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
J Bone Miner Res. 2022 Dec;37(12):2420-2434. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.4696. Epub 2022 Oct 11.
The Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (JBMR®), the flagship journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), enjoys a premiere position in its field and has a global reach. The journal uses a single-blind peer-review process whereby three editors are typically involved in assessing each submission for publication, in addition to external reviewers. Although emphasizing fairness, rigor, and transparency, this process is not immune to the influence of unconscious biases. The gender and geographic diversity of JBMR® authors, editors, and reviewers has increased over the last three decades, but whether such diversity has affected peer-review outcomes is unknown. We analyzed manuscript acceptance rates based on the gender and geographic origin of authors, reviewers, and Associate Editors. The analysis included 1662 original research articles submitted to JBMR® from September 2017 through December 2019. Gender was assigned using probabilities from an online tool and manually validated through internet searches. Predictor variables of manuscript outcome were determined with multivariate logistic regression analysis. The acceptance rate was highest when the first and last authors were of different genders, and lowest when both authors were men. Reviewer gender did not influence the outcome regardless of the genders of the first and last authors. Associate Editors from all geographical regions tended to select reviewers from their same region. The acceptance rate was highest when the Associate Editor was from Europe. Manuscripts with authors from North America and Australia/New Zealand had greater overall odds of acceptance than those from Europe and Asia. Manuscripts reviewed only by Editorial Board (EB) members had a lower acceptance rate than those refereed by non-EB reviewers or a mix of EB and non-EB reviewers. Overall, the geographical origin of authors, reviewers, and editors, as well as reviewers' EB membership may influence manuscript decisions. Yet, the JBMR® peer-review process remains largely free from gender bias. © 2022 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).
《骨与矿物质研究杂志》（JBMR®）是美国骨与矿物质研究学会（ASBMR）的旗舰期刊，在该领域享有卓越地位，具有全球影响力。该期刊采用单盲同行评审流程，通常有三位编辑参与评估每份提交的稿件是否发表，此外还有外部评审员。尽管该流程强调公平、严谨和透明，但它也无法免受无意识偏见的影响。过去三十年来，JBMR®的作者、编辑和评审员的性别和地域多样性有所增加，但这种多样性是否影响了同行评审结果尚不清楚。我们根据作者、评审员和副主编的性别和地域来源分析了稿件接受率。该分析包括 2017 年 9 月至 2019 年 12 月期间提交给 JBMR®的 1662 篇原始研究文章。性别通过在线工具的概率分配，并通过互联网搜索进行手动验证。使用多变量逻辑回归分析确定了稿件结果的预测变量。当第一作者和最后作者的性别不同时，接受率最高，而当两位作者均为男性时，接受率最低。无论第一作者和最后作者的性别如何，评审员的性别都不会影响结果。来自所有地理区域的副主编往往会选择来自同一地区的评审员。当副主编来自欧洲时，接受率最高。来自北美和澳大拉西亚/新西兰的作者的稿件总体接受率高于来自欧洲和亚洲的作者。仅由编辑委员会（EB）成员评审的稿件的接受率低于由非 EB 评审员或 EB 和非 EB 评审员混合评审的稿件。总的来说，作者、评审员和编辑的地域来源，以及评审员的 EB 成员资格可能会影响稿件决策。然而，JBMR®的同行评审过程在很大程度上仍然没有性别偏见。 © 2022 美国骨与矿物质研究学会（ASBMR）。
