Davis Dustin W, Garver Matthew J, Thomas Jafrā D, Navalta James W, Siegel Shannon R, Reece Joel D, Maples Jill M
Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Department of Nutrition, Kinesiology, and Health, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO, USA.
Int J Exerc Sci. 2024 Jun 1;17(8):852-860. doi: 10.70252/VYXH2713. eCollection 2024.
A self-study of (IJES) publications from 2008 through 2021 revealed a sex-data gap in participant and corresponding author representation. This finding prompted the creation of the IJES Working Group for Opportunity, Representation, and Diverse Perspectives. We are a collaborative team of authors, reviewers, and editors, spanning both rural and urban teaching- and research-focused institutions, who assembled regularly starting in September 2023. The goal was to contemplate potential challenges and opportunities around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), elicit discourse, and broaden inclusion and representation in exercise science research. Our group identified six main challenges/opportunities: 1) Mixed Definitions and Applications of DEI Principles; 2) Competing Lifeviews and Worldviews; 3) Oversight and Enforcement of DEI Principles in IJES; 4) Oversight and Enforcement of DEI Principles in the Broader Field; 5) IJES is a Home for Developing Scholars; and 6) Lag Time for Creating Change in IJES. As a growing international journal, we depend on a diverse group of authors, reviewers, editors, and readers to achieve our mission. Accordingly, the Working Group encourages impactful, inclusive research that broadens representation within exercise science.
一项对《国际运动与锻炼科学杂志》（IJES）2008年至2021年发表文章的自我研究发现，在参与者和通讯作者的代表性方面存在性别数据差距。这一发现促使成立了IJES机会、代表性和多元视角工作组。我们是一个由作者、审稿人和编辑组成的协作团队，成员来自农村和城市以教学和研究为重点的机构，从2023年9月开始定期聚集。目标是思考围绕多样性、公平性和包容性（DEI）的潜在挑战和机遇，引发讨论，并在运动科学研究中扩大包容性和代表性。我们的团队确定了六个主要挑战/机遇：1）DEI原则的混合定义和应用；2）相互竞争的生活观和世界观；3）IJES中DEI原则的监督和执行；4）更广泛领域中DEI原则的监督和执行；5）IJES是发展中学者的家园；6）IJES中创造变革的时间滞后。作为一本不断发展的国际期刊，我们依靠多元化的作者、审稿人、编辑和读者群体来实现我们的使命。因此，工作组鼓励开展有影响力、包容性强的研究，以扩大运动科学领域的代表性。
