{"id":10035,"date":"2021-10-01T11:56:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T11:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/?p=10035"},"modified":"2021-10-02T15:41:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T15:41:04","slug":"improving-diversity-and-inclusivity-in-scientific-publishing-can-editormetrics-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/2021\/10\/01\/improving-diversity-and-inclusivity-in-scientific-publishing-can-editormetrics-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving diversity and inclusivity in scientific publishing: can &#8216;editormetrics&#8217; help?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10052\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/2021\/10\/01\/improving-diversity-and-inclusivity-in-scientific-publishing-can-editormetrics-help\/tiny-characters-with-magnifying-glass-and-red-pencil-editing-mistakes-in-paper-test-teacher-or-student-fix-grammar-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iStock-1260329688.jpg?fit=670%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"670,446\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Getty Images\/iStockphoto&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Tiny Characters with Huge Magnifying Glass and Red Pencil Edit and Correct Mistakes in Paper Test. Teacher or Student Fix Grammar and Punctuation Underlined Errors. Cartoon People Vector Illustration&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Tiny Characters with Magnifying Glass and Red Pencil Editing Mistakes in Paper Test. Teacher or Student Fix Grammar&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iStock-1260329688.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iStock-1260329688.jpg?fit=670%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10052 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iStock-1260329688.jpg?resize=670%2C446&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iStock-1260329688.jpg?w=670&amp;ssl=1 670w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iStock-1260329688.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/>Membership on a journal\u2019s editorial board can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-019-02410-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">translate<\/a> into meaningful career growth and confer prestige for researchers. However, journal editors must make judgement calls that may, at times, be unintentionally biased.<\/p>\n<p>To enable insights into the editorial composition of journals and the potential biases influencing editorial decisions, <a href=\"https:\/\/ooir.org\/andreas-pacher.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andreas Pacher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tamaraheck.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tamara Heck<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kunsthochzwei.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kerstin Schoch<\/a> have created <em><a href=\"https:\/\/openeditors.ooir.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Editors<\/a><\/em>, a dataset containing public information on nearly half a million journal editors across 6,833 journals run by 22 academic publishers. For each editor or editorial board member, the following data\u2014or \u2018editormetrics\u2019\u2014are collected:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>name<\/li>\n<li>institutional affiliation<\/li>\n<li>editorial position<\/li>\n<li>journal name<\/li>\n<li>ISSN<\/li>\n<li>publisher<\/li>\n<li>URL linking to the journal\u2019s editorial board information<\/li>\n<li>date of data collection (\u2018web-scraping\u2019).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The initiative, first outlined in a <a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/preprints\/socarxiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SocArXiv<\/a> preprint <a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/preprints\/socarxiv\/jvzq7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> in March 2021, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natureindex.com\/news-blog\/researchers-created-database-half-million-journal-open-editors#:~:text=million%20journal%20editors-,Why%20researchers%20created%20a%20database%20of%20half%20a%20million%20journal,editorial%20boards%20requires%20better%20data.&amp;text=Pacher%20has%20made%20the%20data,to%20help%20build%20the%20database.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received support<\/a> from researchers, who believe that it will improve transparency around decision-making in scientific publishing. For instance, it could shed light on <a href=\"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/2018\/07\/04\/the-influence-of-gender-in-the-academic-publishing-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gender bias<\/a> among editorial boards, encouraging publishers to improve equity within these groups. The database could also make it easier to verify key facts such as the editors\u2019 authentic affiliation with the journal, to help<a href=\"https:\/\/bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12916-017-0785-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> identify predatory journals<\/a>. Aligned with industry efforts toward greater <a href=\"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/2021\/07\/02\/universal-access-to-scientific-knowledge-unesco-outlines-the-scope-of-its-recommendation-on-open-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open science<\/a>, <em>Open Editors<\/em> is freely available and will be updated annually through at least 2023.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The authors note that \u201ceditormetric analyses aim to detect biases and inequalities that are sustained by editorial power within the scientific publication system\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pacher and colleagues suggest that the editormetrics they have collected would be even more valuable, and inform on more aspects of diversity, when linked with other datasets. We look forward to seeing how researchers use <em>Open Editors<\/em> and how these analyses help to improve equity in scientific publishing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/p>\n<div id=\"totalpoll\" class=\"totalpoll-wrapper totalpoll-uid-2e21fe0b6d537996d47c3d4b16d0e3cc is-ltr is-screen-vote\" totalpoll=\"10039\" totalpoll-uid=\"2e21fe0b6d537996d47c3d4b16d0e3cc\" totalpoll-screen=\"vote\" totalpoll-ajax-url=\"https:\/\/thepublicationplan.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=totalpoll&totalpoll%5BpollId%5D=10039&totalpoll%5Baction%5D=view&totalpoll%5Bscreen%5D=vote\"><script type=\"text\/totalpoll-config\" totalpoll-config=\"10039\">{\"ajaxEndpoint\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepublicationplan.com\\\/wp-admin\\\/admin-ajax.php?action=totalpoll\",\"behaviours\":{\"ajax\":true,\"scrollUp\":true,\"async\":false},\"effects\":{\"transition\":\"fade\",\"duration\":\"500\"},\"i18n\":{\"Previous\":\"Previous\",\"Next\":\"Next\",\"of\":\"of\",\"Something went wrong! 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<div class=\"totalpoll-question-container\">\r\n        <div class=\"totalpoll-question-content\" >\r\n\t\t\t<p>What do you think will be the biggest outcome\/impact of the Open Editors dataset?<\/p>\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"totalpoll-question-choices\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"choice-fd3e3b3d-a55d-4399-9054-9a26aef673c5-selector\" tabindex=\"0\"\r\n       class=\"totalpoll-question-choices-item totalpoll-question-choices-item-type-text \" >\r\n    <div class=\"totalpoll-question-choices-item-container\">\r\n        \r\n\t\t        \r\n        <div class=\"totalpoll-question-choices-item-control\">\r\n            <div class=\"totalpoll-question-choices-item-selector totalpoll-question-choices-item-selector-single\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"radio\" id=\"choice-fd3e3b3d-a55d-4399-9054-9a26aef673c5-selector\" name=\"totalpoll[choices][e215e8d6-0782-43d5-a748-db0cf4e8e03d][]\" value=\"fd3e3b3d-a55d-4399-9054-9a26aef673c5\">                <div 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