A new tool for evaluating health equity in academic journals; the Diversity Factor.

A new tool for evaluating health equity in academic journals; the Diversity Factor.

Current methods to evaluate a journal's impact rely on the downstream citation mapping used to generate the Impact Factor. This approach is a fragile metric prone to being skewed by outlier values and does not speak to a researcher's contribution to furthering health outcomes for all popul...

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Main Authors: Jack Gallifant, Joe Zhang, Stephen Whebell, Justin Quion, Braiam Escobar, Judy Gichoya, Karen Herrera, Ruxana Jina, Swathikan Chidambaram, Abha Mehndiratta, Richard Kimera, Alvin Marcelo, Portia Grace Fernandez-Marcelo, Juan Sebastian Osorio, Cleva Villanueva, Lama Nazer, Irene Dankwa-Mullan, Leo Anthony Celi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0002252&type=printable

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