Gender Composition in Occupational Therapy Journals’ Editorial Boards

Cristina Mendoza-Holgado, Pablo A. Cantero-Garlito () and Sabina Barrios-Fernandez
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Cristina Mendoza-Holgado: Health and Social Services Department, Government of Extremadura, 10004 Cáceres, Spain
Pablo A. Cantero-Garlito: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45600 Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Sabina Barrios-Fernandez: Occupation, Participation, Sustainability and Quality of Life (Ability Research Group), Nursing and Occupational Therapy College, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 4, 1-12

Abstract: This paper analyses the Editorial Board (EB) distribution of Occupational Therapy journals from a gender perspective. The “Occupational Therapy” field in the Scimago Journal and Country Rank (SJR) and the “Occupational Therapy” term in the title search of the Journal Citation Report (JCR) were used to find the Occupational Therapy-specific journals. The following indicators were calculated: Editorial Board Member (EBM) gender distribution by journal, publisher, subject speciality, country, and journal quartile. Thirty-seven journals were located, including 667 individuals, 206 males (31%) and 461 females (69%). Referring to the EB positions, most members (557) were EB members, 70 were listed as Associate Editors, and 20 as Editorial Leaders. The results show that the proportion of women in the EB’s of Occupational Therapy journals represents a majority. Regarding the distribution by gender of the EBMs, six journals had a female proportion below the cut-off point revealed in this study (69%). Four did not reach parity, with female representation below 50%. Additionally, the balance among the EBMs is significantly underrepresented compared to the percentage of female Occupational Therapy practitioners.

Keywords: Occupational Therapy; journals; editorial boards; gender perspective (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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