The giant plan to track diversity in research journals

More than 50 publishers representing over 15,000journals globally are preparing to ask scientists about their race or ethnicity - as well as their gender - in an initiative that's part of a growing effort to analyse researcher diversity around the world. (Here, and throughout this article, the...

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Published in:	Nature (London) 2022-02, Vol.602 (7898), p.566-570
Main Authors:	Else, Holly, Perkel, Jeffrey M
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Algorithms Bias Ethnicity Federal government Gender Minority & ethnic groups Multiculturalism & pluralism Periodicals as Topic Publishing Publishing industry Race Racism Researchers Scholarly publishing Scientists Society Teams
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Summary:	More than 50 publishers representing over 15,000journals globally are preparing to ask scientists about their race or ethnicity - as well as their gender - in an initiative that's part of a growing effort to analyse researcher diversity around the world. (Here, and throughout this article, the categories listed are terms chosen by those who conducted a particular survey or study.) The joint commitment group decided that it would ask scientists about their gender and race or ethnicity when they authored, reviewed or edited manuscripts. In countries such as the United States, people might be accustomed to sharing the information with their employers; some companies are required to report this to the federal government by law. In 2017, for instance, a team led by computer scientist Steven Skiena at Stony Brook University in New York used millions of e-mail contact lists and data on social-media activity to train a classifier called NamePrism.
ISSN:	0028-0836 1476-4687