Jacobs Jeremy W, Adkins Brian D, Woo Jennifer S, Lally Kimberly, Booth Garrett S
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Department of Pathology, Division of Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Vox Sang. 2023 Jan;118(1):93-97. doi: 10.1111/vox.13371. Epub 2022 Oct 25.
A 2019 study highlighted significant gender inequities among blood banking and transfusion medicine (BBTM) journal editorial boards. We sought to assess if the representation of women has improved in the intervening 3 years.
We analysed the gender composition of nine BBTM journal editorial boards as of 13 September 2022, including the seven journals studied in 2019. We compared this to the proportion of females (term used by authors) on seven BBTM journal editorial boards in 2019 to assess change in the editorial board composition. We also assessed gender composition by editorial position (editor-in-chief [EIC], associate/assistant/titled editors and editorial board members).
Nine BBTM journals have a total of 398 editorial positions and comprise significantly more men than women (68.8%, 274/398 vs. 31.2%, 124/398; p < 0.001). Among the seven journals analysed in 2019, the proportion of women on these seven editorial boards has remained unchanged (2019: 30.1%, 81/269 vs. 2022: 31.9%, 103/323; p = 0.66) despite the addition of 54 editorial positions.
Women remain inequitably represented on journal editorial boards among all journal editorial positions. Although advocacy efforts are increasing, there has been limited improvement in gender equity in 3 years, despite a 20% increase in editorial positions.
2019年的一项研究突出了血库与输血医学（BBTM）期刊编辑委员会中存在的显著性别不平等现象。我们试图评估在随后的3年里女性代表比例是否有所改善。
我们分析了截至2022年9月13日9个BBTM期刊编辑委员会的性别构成，包括2019年研究的7种期刊。我们将此与2019年7个BBTM期刊编辑委员会中女性（作者使用的术语）的比例进行比较，以评估编辑委员会构成的变化。我们还按编辑职位（主编[EIC]、副主编/助理编辑/有职称编辑和编辑委员会成员）评估了性别构成。
9个BBTM期刊共有398个编辑职位，男性数量显著多于女性（68.8%，274/398对31.2%，124/398；p < 0.001）。在2019年分析的7种期刊中，尽管增加了54个编辑职位，但这7个编辑委员会中女性的比例仍保持不变（2019年：30.1%，81/269对2022年：31.9%，103/323；p = 0.66）。
在所有期刊编辑职位中，女性在期刊编辑委员会中的代表比例仍然不平等。尽管宣传力度不断加大，但尽管编辑职位增加了20%，3年来性别平等方面的改善仍然有限。
