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"Who Are the Gatekeepers? An Examination of Diversity in INFORMS Journal Editorial Boards"
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"Who Are the Gatekeepers? An Examination of Diversity in INFORMS Journal Editorial Boards"
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Saif Benjaafar
Posted 09-23-2021 23:11
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Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to share with you this paper
(
https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/serv.2021.0274
)
that has been recently published
by
Service Science
and
is
free to
access. In the paper, the authors
,
Laker Newhouse and Margaret Brandeau, explore the important subject of diversity
i
n
the editorial board
s
o
f all 16
INFORMS journals.
The research was in part supported by the INFORMS initiative on DEI.
We hope the paper can serve as a basis for discussion as to
what more we can
do
as a community to increase
editorial board
diversity
and inclusiveness and to
level the playing field for everyone.
Saif
Who Are the Gatekeepers? An Examination of Diversity in INFORMS Journal Editorial Boards
Laker J. Newhouse, Margaret L. Brandeau
https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/serv.2021.0274
Abstract:
Publishing in respected scholarly journals is critical to academic success. However, if journal editorial boards fail to reflect the diversity of thought in a field, worthy work may be overlooked. This study assesses the level of diversity in the editorial boards of the 16 INFORMS journals. We examine gender, whether an individual is an underrepresented minority, and institutional affiliation, and perform a network analysis to identify coauthor relationships between editorial board members. We find that the editorial boards have low levels of diversity: women comprise just under 20% of the editorial board members; fewer than 1% of editorial board members are underrepresented minorities; and 10 institutions (less than 5% of the total) account for more than 25% of the editors. We find a high level of connectivity between editorial board members (as measured by co-author relationship) for some of the INFORMS journals, suggesting the influence of an "in crowd" of like-minded individuals. INFORMS can and should work to end this state of affairs: we provide a set of actionable recommendations for broadening diversity and reducing connectivity on the INFORMS journal editorial boards. In this way, INFORMS journals can support a diversity of backgrounds and views, enabling the publication of a broader range of ideas and invigorating academic discourse in our profession
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Saif Benjaafar
Presidential Endowed Professor
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
University of Minnesota
saif@umn.edu
Editor-in-Chief, Service Science
https://pubsonline.informs.org/journal/serv
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