Female Representation On Editorial Boards Of Leading Ophthalmological Journals

Published 2023 - 41st Congress of the ESCRS

Reference: PP15.04 | DOI: 10.82333/j9nb-tm41

Authors: Maria A. Henriquez* ¹ , Fernanda Millard ¹ , Rolando Rojas ¹ , Jose Chauca ² , Luis Izquierdo Jr ¹

¹Research Department,Oftalmosalud Institute of Eyes,Lima,Peru, ²Department of Statistics, Demography, Humanities and Social Sciences,Universidad Cayetano Heredia,Lima,Peru

To assess the gender distribution of editorial boards of the leading Ophthalmological journals according to the latest Journal Report Citation (JRC).

Research Department at Ofttalmosalud, Instituto de Ojos, Lima, Peru.

Cross-sectional study that evaluates the editorial board of the ophthalmological journals with category Q1 according to the JRC. The main outcome measured was the proportion of women as editor-in-chief and editorial board members. For journals, Q1 category proportion of women as editor-in-chief and on the editorial board was analyzed. For the top 10 journals, the internal composition of the editorial board was analyzed and classified into four categories. The study was performed in Oftalmosalud Instituto de Ojos, Lima, Peru, between July to October 2022.

31 ophthalmological journals classified within the q1 category according to the JCR. Woman's representation as editor-in-chief in Q1 ophthalmological journals was 14.63% (6/41) and as part of the editorial board was 28.11(535/1903). In the top 10 ophthalmological journals, none of the editors in chief were a woman (0/10), 11% (11/100) in category II, 38.42% (88/229) in Category III, and 32.25% (10/31) in category IV. There were statistically significant differences between female and men representation on the editorial board members (p<.005). There was no significant positive correlation between the percentage of female representation and the Journal Impact Factor (r=0.067, p= 0.86).

Women are underrepresented among editors in chief of leading ophthalmological journals. A higher representation of women is observed in lower positions on the editorial boards than in higher positions.