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How international are the editorial boards in the field of foot and ankle surgery?: A STROBE-compliant cross-sectional study
Very low proportions of publications from low- and middle-income countries (LAMIC) have been proved in multiple fields. Some researchers from these countries believe that there is a biased attitude of editors against their studies. Under-representation of editorial board members from LAMIC were reve...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9794323/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36595781 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000032400 |
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author | Jia, Zhiwei Liu, Donghua Xu, Jiao Wang, Qiang Yin, Shi Zhang, Longyu Li, Xingxuan Qian, Bo Wu, Yaohong Wen, Tianlin |
author_facet | Jia, Zhiwei Liu, Donghua Xu, Jiao Wang, Qiang Yin, Shi Zhang, Longyu Li, Xingxuan Qian, Bo Wu, Yaohong Wen, Tianlin |
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description | Very low proportions of publications from low- and middle-income countries (LAMIC) have been proved in multiple fields. Some researchers from these countries believe that there is a biased attitude of editors against their studies. Under-representation of editorial board members from LAMIC were revealed in many research fields. However, it has not been investigated in the field of foot and ankle surgery. The current study aimed to analyze the composition of the editorial board members in leading foot and ankle journals, and to provide the international representation of editorial boards in the field of foot and ankle surgery. Five leading journals in the field of foot and ankle surgery were included. The editorial board members were collected from the official websites of these journals. The countries of board members were classified based on World Bank. The board compositions of the journals were analyzed. In total, 229 editorial board members were identified. These editors were from 29 countries. The United States (29.69%) had the greatest number of editors, followed by the United Kingdom (20.52%), Australia (8.30%), Italy (6.11%), and Germany (5.68%). When the editors were classified by regions, 49.34% of board members were from Europe & Central Asia, followed by North America (31.44%), East Asia & Pacific (14.41%), Latin America & Caribbean (2.62%), and Middle East & North Africa (2.18%). No editors were from South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. A total of 217 editors (94.76%) were from high-income countries, followed by upper-middle-income countries (3.06%), and lower-middle-income countries (2.18%). No members were from low-income countries. There is a lack of international representation on editorial boards of leading foot and ankle journals. Editorial board members in the field of foot and ankle surgery are largely composed by editors from high-income countries with sever under-representation of LAMIC. |
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spelling | pubmed-97943232022-12-28 How international are the editorial boards in the field of foot and ankle surgery?: A STROBE-compliant cross-sectional study Jia, Zhiwei Liu, Donghua Xu, Jiao Wang, Qiang Yin, Shi Zhang, Longyu Li, Xingxuan Qian, Bo Wu, Yaohong Wen, Tianlin Medicine (Baltimore) 7100 Very low proportions of publications from low- and middle-income countries (LAMIC) have been proved in multiple fields. Some researchers from these countries believe that there is a biased attitude of editors against their studies. Under-representation of editorial board members from LAMIC were revealed in many research fields. However, it has not been investigated in the field of foot and ankle surgery. The current study aimed to analyze the composition of the editorial board members in leading foot and ankle journals, and to provide the international representation of editorial boards in the field of foot and ankle surgery. Five leading journals in the field of foot and ankle surgery were included. The editorial board members were collected from the official websites of these journals. The countries of board members were classified based on World Bank. The board compositions of the journals were analyzed. In total, 229 editorial board members were identified. These editors were from 29 countries. The United States (29.69%) had the greatest number of editors, followed by the United Kingdom (20.52%), Australia (8.30%), Italy (6.11%), and Germany (5.68%). When the editors were classified by regions, 49.34% of board members were from Europe & Central Asia, followed by North America (31.44%), East Asia & Pacific (14.41%), Latin America & Caribbean (2.62%), and Middle East & North Africa (2.18%). No editors were from South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. A total of 217 editors (94.76%) were from high-income countries, followed by upper-middle-income countries (3.06%), and lower-middle-income countries (2.18%). No members were from low-income countries. There is a lack of international representation on editorial boards of leading foot and ankle journals. Editorial board members in the field of foot and ankle surgery are largely composed by editors from high-income countries with sever under-representation of LAMIC. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9794323/ /pubmed/36595781 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000032400 Text en Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal. |
spellingShingle | 7100 Jia, Zhiwei Liu, Donghua Xu, Jiao Wang, Qiang Yin, Shi Zhang, Longyu Li, Xingxuan Qian, Bo Wu, Yaohong Wen, Tianlin How international are the editorial boards in the field of foot and ankle surgery?: A STROBE-compliant cross-sectional study |
title | How international are the editorial boards in the field of foot and ankle surgery?: A STROBE-compliant cross-sectional study |
title_full | How international are the editorial boards in the field of foot and ankle surgery?: A STROBE-compliant cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | How international are the editorial boards in the field of foot and ankle surgery?: A STROBE-compliant cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | How international are the editorial boards in the field of foot and ankle surgery?: A STROBE-compliant cross-sectional study |
title_short | How international are the editorial boards in the field of foot and ankle surgery?: A STROBE-compliant cross-sectional study |
title_sort | how international are the editorial boards in the field of foot and ankle surgery?: a strobe-compliant cross-sectional study |
topic | 7100 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9794323/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36595781 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000032400 |
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