A response to the report on gender bias in publishing in the chemical sciences

Seery, M.K.

doi:10.1039/c9rp90012h

A response to the report on gender bias in publishing in the chemical sciences

Publication type

journal article

Publication date

2020

Author(s)

Seery, M.K.

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Language

English

Discipline(s)

Chemistry

Abstract

The Royal Society of Chemistry launched a report in November 2019 that summarised an analysis of publications in Society journals between January 2014 to July 2018 (RSC, 2019). Their report “Is publishing in the chemical sciences gender biased?” and corresponding research article (Day et al., 2019) explored the presence and extent of gender bias in publishing in Society journals. In his foreword to the report, Robert Parker, Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry summarised: “We found that there is a complex interaction of subtle biases occurring throughout the publishing pipeline, which combine to put women at a disadvantage when disseminating their research.” This finding about publishing in the chemical sciences necessitates close scrutiny of author actions and editorial practices in each of the chemical sciences sub-disciplines, including our own practices in Chemistry Education Research and Practice (CERP). Below I set out a response to the report including actions that will arise.

Journal

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

ISSN

1109-4028

DOI

10.1039/c9rp90012h

Volume

21

Issue

1

Pagination

10-13

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85078109425&doi=10.1039%2fc9rp90012h&partnerID=40&md5=4b8d32bd8bd7d16f593b1bb223c6e780

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