Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey.
Department of Preventive Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Dokuz Eylul University, İzmir, Turkey.
Oral Dis. 2024 Jul;30(5):3489-3496. doi: 10.1111/odi.14734. Epub 2023 Sep 27.
The aim of the present study was to investigate gender composition of the editorial board members of the journals in the field of periodontology and implantology.
A rigorous search was performed through Web of Science database to identify journals, scoping on the periodontology and implantology research fields. Data on journal's demographic information, gender of the editorial board members were gathered from the journals fulfilling the predefined inclusion/exclusion criteria. Variables including journal impact factor and quartiles were extracted as well.
The proportion of women in the editorial team in periodontology journals was 27.3%, whereas it was almost 19% in implantology journals. As for editorial leadership, these ratios were 22.1% and 19.8%, respectively. There were significantly less women than men in editor-in-chief position in periodontology journals (p = 0.042). Journal metrics had no impact on the gender distribution of editor-in-chief positions in both fields.
Women seem to be under-represented as editorial leaders or board members in journals of periodontology and implantology. The proportion of women in periodontology journals has increased in the last decade; however, there is still a clear need for further increase to have a gender balance.
本研究旨在调查牙周病学和种植学领域期刊编委会成员的性别构成。
通过 Web of Science 数据库进行严格搜索，以确定符合牙周病学和种植学研究领域的期刊。从符合预定义纳入/排除标准的期刊中收集有关期刊人口统计学信息和编委会成员性别的数据。还提取了变量，包括期刊影响因子和四分位数。
牙周病学期刊编辑团队中女性的比例为 27.3%，而种植学期刊中这一比例约为 19%。在编辑领导方面，这两个比例分别为 22.1%和 19.8%。在牙周病学期刊的主编职位中，女性明显少于男性（p=0.042）。期刊指标对这两个领域的主编职位的性别分布没有影响。
女性在牙周病学和种植学杂志的编辑领导或编委会成员中似乎代表性不足。过去十年中，牙周病学期刊中女性的比例有所增加；然而，仍需要进一步增加，以实现性别平衡。
