背景:性别认同边缘化的人,包括具有变性人和性别扩张身份的人,历史上一直被排除在研究之外。专业协会建议在研究中使用包容性语言,但尚不确定有多少妇产科杂志在其作者指南中规定使用性别包容性研究实践.
目的:评估“包容性”期刊在其作者提交指南中对性别包容性研究实践有具体说明的比例,并将这些期刊与基于出版商的“非包容性”期刊进行比较,原产国,以及研究影响力的几个指标。另一个目标是定性评估作者提交指南中包容性研究的组成部分。
方法:我们在期刊引文报告中对所有妇产科期刊进行了横断面研究,科学计量资源,2022年4月。一个日志被索引两次(由于名称更改),只包括具有2020年期刊影响因子的期刊。作者提交指南由两名独立审稿人进行审查,以根据期刊是否具有性别包容性研究指导来确定包容性和非包容性期刊。期刊特征,包括出版商,原产国,影响指标(例如,期刊影响因子),归一化度量(例如,期刊引文指示器),和源指标(例如,可引用项目的数量),对所有期刊进行了评估。对于具有2020年期刊影响因子的期刊,计算了具有95%置信区间的包容性与非包容性期刊之间的中位数(四分位数范围[IQR])和中位数差异。我们还在主题上比较了包容性研究说明,以确定趋势。
结果:对期刊引文报告中所有121种活跃的妇产科期刊的作者提交指南进行了审查。总的来说,41种(33.9%)期刊是包容性的,具有2020年期刊影响因子的34种(41.0%)期刊是包容性的。大多数包容性期刊是英语出版物,起源于美国和欧洲。在对具有2020年期刊影响因子的期刊的分析中,与非包容性期刊相比,包容性期刊具有更高的中位期刊影响因子(3.4[IQR2.2,4.3]比2.5,[IQR1.9,3.0]中位差异0.9,95%置信区间(CI)0.2,1.7)和中位5年期刊影响因子(3.6,[IQR2.8,4.3]比2.6[IQR2.1,3.2;中位差异0.9,95%CI0.3,1.6)。包容性期刊有更高的归一化指标,包括2020年期刊引文指标中位数(1.1,IQR0.7,1.3vs.0.8,IQR0.6,1.0;中位数差异0.3,95%CI0.1,0.5)和中位数归一化特征值(1.4,IQR0.7,2.2vs.0.7,IQR0.4,1.5;中位数差异0.8,95%CI0.2,1.5).包容性期刊也有更高的来源指标,包括更多可引用的项目,总项目,以及OpenAccessGold订阅。对性别包容性研究说明的定性分析表明,大多数包容性期刊建议研究人员使用性别中立的语言,并提供包容性语言的具体例子。
结论:不到一半的具有2020期刊影响因子的妇产科期刊在其作者提交指南中具有性别包容性研究实践。该研究强调了大多数妇产科期刊迫切需要更新其作者提交指南,以包括有关性别包容性研究实践的具体说明。
People with marginalized gender identities, including people with transgender and gender-expansive identities, have been historically excluded from research. Professional societies recommend the use of inclusive language in research, but it is uncertain how many obstetrics and gynecology journals mandate the use of gender-inclusive research practices in their author guidelines.
This study aimed to evaluate the proportion of \"inclusive\" journals with specific instructions about gender-inclusive research practices in their author submission guidelines; to compare these journals with \"noninclusive\" journals based on publisher, country of origin, and several metrics of research influence; and to qualitatively evaluate the components of inclusive research in author submission guidelines.
A cross-sectional study of all obstetrics and gynecology journals in the Journal Citation Reports, a scientometric resource, was conducted in April 2022. Of note, One journal was indexed twice (due to a name change), and only the journal with the 2020 Journal Impact Factor was included. Author submission guidelines were reviewed by 2 independent reviewers to identify inclusive vs noninclusive journals based on whether journals had gender-inclusive research instructions. Journal characteristics, including publisher, country of origin, impact metrics (eg, Journal Impact Factor), normalized metrics (eg, Journal Citation Indicator), and source metrics (eg, number of citable items), were evaluated for all journals. The median (interquartile range) and median difference between inclusive and noninclusive journals with bootstrapped 95% confidence interval were calculated for journals with 2020 Journal Impact Factors. In addition, inclusive research instructions were thematically compared to identify trends.
Author submission guidelines were reviewed for all 121 active obstetrics and gynecology journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports. Overall, 41 journals (33.9%) were inclusive, and 34 journals (41.0%) with 2020 Journal Impact Factors were inclusive. Most inclusive journals were English-language publications and originated in the United States and Europe. In an analysis of journals with 2020 Journal Impact Factors, inclusive journals had a higher median Journal Impact Factor (3.4 [interquartile range, 2.2-4.3] vs 2.5 [interquartile range, 1.9-3.0]; median difference, 0.9; 95% confidence interval, 0.2-1.7) and median 5-year Journal Impact Factor (3.6 [interquartile range, 2.8-4.3] vs 2.6 [interquartile range, 2.1-3.2; median difference, 0.9; 95% confidence interval, 0.3-1.6) than noninclusive journals. Inclusive journals had higher normalized metrics, including a median 2020 Journal Citation Indicator (1.1 [interquartile range, 0.7-1.3] vs 0.8 [interquartile range, 0.6-1.0]; median difference, 0.3; 95% confidence interval, 0.1-0.5) and median normalized Eigenfactor (1.4 [interquartile range, 0.7-2.2] vs 0.7 [interquartile range, 0.4-1.5]; median difference, 0.8; 95% confidence interval, 0.2-1.5) than noninclusive journals. Moreover, inclusive journals had higher source metrics, including more citable items, total items, and Open Access Gold subscriptions, than noninclusive journals. The qualitative analysis of gender-inclusive research instructions revealed that most inclusive journals recommend that researchers use gender-neutral language and provide specific examples of inclusive language.
Fewer than half of obstetrics and gynecology journals with 2020 Journal Impact Factors have gender-inclusive research practices in their author submission guidelines. This study underscores the urgent need for most obstetrics and gynecology journals to update their author submission guidelines to include specific instructions about gender-inclusive research practices.