Diversity in Academic Publishing
Research Articles
Listed below are articles that discuss diversity issues within academic publishing:
Demographics of Scholarly Publishing and Communication Professionals Greco, A. N., Wharton, R. M. and Brand, A. (2016), Demographics of scholarly publishing and communication professionals. Learned Publishing, 29: 97-101.
Bibliometrics: Global Gender Disparities in Science Larivière, V., Ni, C., Gingras, Y., Cronin, B., & Sugimoto, C. R. (2013). Bibliometrics: global gender disparities in science. Nature, 504(7479), 211–213.
Inequality Quantified: Mind the Gender Gap Shen, H. (2013). Inequality Quantified: Mind the Gender Gap. Nature, 495(7439), 22–24.
Inequalities in Publishing Roh, C. (2016). Inequalities in Publishing. Urban Library Journal, 22(2). Retrieved from http://academicworks.cuny.edu/ulj/vol22/iss2/2.
Are Black Scientists Being Punished for What They Want to Study? Diep, F. (2019). Are Black Scientists Being Punished for What They Want to Study. The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 17, 2019.
Conservation Research Is Not Happening Where It Is Most Needed, Wilson, K. A., Auerbach, N. A., Sam, K., Magini, A. G., Moss, A. S. L., Langhans, S. D., Budiharta, S., Terzano, D., & Meijaard, E. (2016). PLoS Biology, 14(3).
Geographic Distribution of Scopus Documents and Citations (2022)
Source of Data: Survey responses from an international survey conducted in late 2014 and early 2015 of approximately 6,121 scholarly publishing employees in 33 nations. 13.53% response rate, but not every respondent answered every question on the survey. Greco, Albert N., Robert M. Wharton, and Amy Brand. "Demographics of scholarly publishing and communication professionals." Learned Publishing 29, no. 2 (2016): 97-101. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/leap.1017 Chart created by Carol Spector.
Gender Distribution of Scholarly Publishing Professionals (2015)
Source: Kane, Lauren and Alice Meadows. "From the Podium to the Boardroom: Encouraging Gender Parity in Scholarly Publishing." Learned Publishing 29, no. 2 (2016): 135-138. doi:10.1002/leap.1022. https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1022.