Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Monterrey, Mexico.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1105-2848.
Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2023 Oct 3;12(10):9. doi: 10.1167/tvst.12.10.9.
Low- to middle-income nations contain more than 80% of the world's population; however, only 4% of articles in ophthalmology journals belong to these countries. We aim to analyze the global diversity of the editorial boards of ophthalmology journals.
Cross-sectional study, including all journals in the Ophthalmology section of the SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR). Journals were classified according to the country of origin, SJR interquartile range (Q1-Q4), impact factor, and open-access policy. Global diversity among journals was determined by the country of affiliation of editors-in-chief and editorial board members. Nations were classified by income according to the World Bank's 2022 system. The association between editorial diversity and the journal's metrics and country of origin was analyzed using the χ2 test and the Mann-Whitney U test.
A total of 116 journals were included and 83.6% belonged to high-income nations. Only 18 (13.3%) editors-in-chief and 582 (13.5%) board members were affiliated with middle-income nations. The most prevalent middle-income countries in editorial boards were Brazil (n = 184, 4.26%), India (n = 150, 3.47%), Turkey (n = 42, 0.97%), and Iran (n = 36, 0.83%). Only 40 (1.07%) editorial board members of Q1 journals were affiliated with non-high-income nations, most belonging to India (n = 28, 70%). Journals from middle-income nations had a statistically significant lower prevalence in the first- and second-quartile ranking (P < 0.001) and a higher proportion of open-access policies (P = 0.019).
A clear underrepresentation of low- to middle-income nations was observed in ophthalmology journals. Promoting editorial diversity and minimizing the possibility of editorial bias could lead to greater exposure to real-world data from resource-constrained settings.
The documented underrepresentation of low- to middle-income nations in ophthalmology journals highlights the importance of promoting diversity and inclusion.
中低收入国家拥有世界上 80%以上的人口，但在眼科学期刊上发表的文章中只有 4%来自这些国家。我们旨在分析眼科学期刊编辑委员会的全球多样性。
这是一项包括 Scimago 期刊和国家排名（SJR）眼科学部分的所有期刊的横断面研究。期刊根据来源国、SJR 四分位间距（Q1-Q4）、影响因子和开放获取政策进行分类。期刊之间的全球多样性由主编和编委会成员的隶属国家决定。各国根据世界银行 2022 年的系统按收入分类。使用 χ2 检验和曼-惠特尼 U 检验分析编辑多样性与期刊指标和来源国之间的关系。
共纳入 116 种期刊，其中 83.6%来自高收入国家。只有 18 名（13.3%）主编和 582 名（13.5%）编委会成员来自中等收入国家。编委会中最常见的中等收入国家是巴西（n = 184，4.26%）、印度（n = 150，3.47%）、土耳其（n = 42，0.97%）和伊朗（n = 36，0.83%）。只有 40 名（1.07%）排名第一和第二四分位的期刊的编委会成员来自非高收入国家，其中大多数来自印度（n = 28，70%）。来自中等收入国家的期刊在第一和第二四分位排名中明显较少（P < 0.001），并且开放获取政策的比例更高（P = 0.019）。
在眼科学期刊中明显存在低中收入国家代表性不足的情况。促进编辑多样性并尽量减少编辑偏见的可能性，可以让更多来自资源有限环境的真实数据得到关注。
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