Gender equity in the scientific nursing journals indexed in Journal Citation Reports: A cross-sectional study
BackgroundScientific activity has been connected to the proven inequality between women and men. To examine the state of gender equality in nursing research by analyzing the representation of male and female as editors and as authors of articles published in scientific journals.MethodA cross-section...
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| author | Vicente Gea-Caballero Regina Ruíz de Viñaspre-Hernández Carlos Saus-Ortega Luís Celda-Belinchón Ivan Santolalla-Arnedo Elena Marques-Sule Raúl Juárez-Vela |
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| description | BackgroundScientific activity has been connected to the proven inequality between women and men. To examine the state of gender equality in nursing research by analyzing the representation of male and female as editors and as authors of articles published in scientific journals.MethodA cross-sectional study was carried out between September-2019 and May-2020. All the scientific publications published in 115 nursing journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports in the years 2008, 2013, and 2017 were chosen as analysis units. The main variables studied were gender of the “journal editor”; gender of the “first author”, “last author”, “corresponding author”, and “first author in funded articles”. Descriptive and inferential analysis was performed.ResultsThe proportion of male editors in 2008, 2013, and 2017 was 23.3, 19, and 18.5% respectively, with a male/female ratio of 1:3, 1:4 and 1:5. Male editors are mainly found in the journals of the first quartile (Q1 = 33.8%, ratio1:2), compared to the journals of the fourth quartile (Q4 = 6.6%, ratio1:14), p < 0.01. The male authorship position was “last author” (30.9%, ratio1:2), “corresponding author” (23.3%, ratio 1:3), “first author” (22.1%, ratio 1:4) and “first author in funded articles” (21.8%, ratio 1:4). Furthermore, in 19.5%, of the articles there were more male authors. The percentage of articles with male authorship increased from 2008 to 2017, “first author” (21.1–23.4%; p < 0.01), “last author” (30.0–31.1%; p = 0.22), “corresponding author” (22.5–24.2; p = 0.01), and “first author in funded articles” (18.1–25.9%; p < 0.001).ConclusionsMen are over-represented in the editor role in the most prestigious nursing journals. There are a higher proportion of male authors in the main positions of authorship. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3596bf2b10bb4a94b22f2e1d0b80892e2023-03-17T05:48:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-03-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.11191171119117Gender equity in the scientific nursing journals indexed in Journal Citation Reports: A cross-sectional studyVicente Gea-Caballero0Regina Ruíz de Viñaspre-Hernández1Carlos Saus-Ortega2Luís Celda-Belinchón3Ivan Santolalla-Arnedo4Elena Marques-Sule5Raúl Juárez-Vela6Research Group in Community Health and Care (SALCOM), Faculty of Health Science, Valencian International University, Castelló de la Plana, SpainGrupo de Investigación en Cuidados y Salud (GRUPAC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Rioja, Logroño, La Rioja, SpainGrupo de Investigación en Arte y Ciencia en Cuidados (GREAIC), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (IIS La Fe), Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería La Fe, Valencia, SpainGrupo de Investigación en Arte y Ciencia en Cuidados (GREAIC), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (IIS La Fe), Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería La Fe, Valencia, SpainGrupo de Investigación en Cuidados y Salud (GRUPAC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Rioja, Logroño, La Rioja, SpainPhysiotherapy in Motion, Multispeciality Research Group (PTinMOTION), Department of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, Valencia, SpainGrupo de Investigación en Cuidados y Salud (GRUPAC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Rioja, Logroño, La Rioja, SpainBackgroundScientific activity has been connected to the proven inequality between women and men. To examine the state of gender equality in nursing research by analyzing the representation of male and female as editors and as authors of articles published in scientific journals.MethodA cross-sectional study was carried out between September-2019 and May-2020. All the scientific publications published in 115 nursing journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports in the years 2008, 2013, and 2017 were chosen as analysis units. The main variables studied were gender of the “journal editor”; gender of the “first author”, “last author”, “corresponding author”, and “first author in funded articles”. Descriptive and inferential analysis was performed.ResultsThe proportion of male editors in 2008, 2013, and 2017 was 23.3, 19, and 18.5% respectively, with a male/female ratio of 1:3, 1:4 and 1:5. Male editors are mainly found in the journals of the first quartile (Q1 = 33.8%, ratio1:2), compared to the journals of the fourth quartile (Q4 = 6.6%, ratio1:14), p < 0.01. The male authorship position was “last author” (30.9%, ratio1:2), “corresponding author” (23.3%, ratio 1:3), “first author” (22.1%, ratio 1:4) and “first author in funded articles” (21.8%, ratio 1:4). Furthermore, in 19.5%, of the articles there were more male authors. The percentage of articles with male authorship increased from 2008 to 2017, “first author” (21.1–23.4%; p < 0.01), “last author” (30.0–31.1%; p = 0.22), “corresponding author” (22.5–24.2; p = 0.01), and “first author in funded articles” (18.1–25.9%; p < 0.001).ConclusionsMen are over-represented in the editor role in the most prestigious nursing journals. There are a higher proportion of male authors in the main positions of authorship.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1119117/fullgender equitynursingjournal articlejournal impact factorcross-sectional studies |
| spellingShingle | Vicente Gea-Caballero Regina Ruíz de Viñaspre-Hernández Carlos Saus-Ortega Luís Celda-Belinchón Ivan Santolalla-Arnedo Elena Marques-Sule Raúl Juárez-Vela Gender equity in the scientific nursing journals indexed in Journal Citation Reports: A cross-sectional study Frontiers in Public Health gender equity nursing journal article journal impact factor cross-sectional studies |
| title | Gender equity in the scientific nursing journals indexed in Journal Citation Reports: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Gender equity in the scientific nursing journals indexed in Journal Citation Reports: A cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Gender equity in the scientific nursing journals indexed in Journal Citation Reports: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender equity in the scientific nursing journals indexed in Journal Citation Reports: A cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Gender equity in the scientific nursing journals indexed in Journal Citation Reports: A cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | gender equity in the scientific nursing journals indexed in journal citation reports a cross sectional study |
| topic | gender equity nursing journal article journal impact factor cross-sectional studies |
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