Abstract：
Background: Despite the recent progress of women in academia, there is an underrepresentation of female editors in academic journals. Additionally, although suicide affects more low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) than high-income countries, little is known about the geographical distribution of editors in suicidology journals. Aims: We aimed to determine the gender and geographical distribution of the editorial board members (EBMs) of leading suicide journals. Method: Data were collected between November 27 and 29, 2022. We purposively selected suicidology journals, searched the journal websites, and extracted data on the gender and affiliated country of the EBM to identify the continent and income category of the country. Results: The proportion of female EBMs was 32.37% with better representation in senior positions. Only six positions (3.47%) were occupied by four individuals affiliated with LMIC backgrounds. The highest number of EBMs was located in North America (58.38%) while one member was from Africa. Limitations: Only three purposively selected journals were scrutinized. Conclusion: This study reveals that approximately one third of the editorial positions were occupied by women and less than 4% of editors were from LMICs, where suicide represents a significant burden.
摘要：
背景尽管妇女在学术界最近取得了进展，学术期刊中女性编辑的比例不足。此外,尽管自杀影响低收入和中等收入国家（LMICs）比高收入国家更多，对自杀学期刊编辑的地理分布知之甚少。目的我们旨在确定主要自杀期刊编辑委员会成员（EBM）的性别和地理分布。方法数据收集于2022年11月27日至29日。我们故意选择自杀学期刊，搜索了期刊网站，并提取了EBM的性别和附属国家的数据，以确定该国的大陆和收入类别。结果女性EBM的比例为32.37％，在高级职位中的代表性更好。只有六个职位（3.47％）被四个具有LMIC背景的人占据。EBM数量最多的是北美（58.38％），而一名成员来自非洲。限制仅对三个有目的地选择的期刊进行了审查。结论这项研究表明，大约三分之一的编辑职位由女性担任，不到4%的编辑来自低收入国家，自杀是一个巨大的负担。
