Complete Republication: Recent Updates to CSE Recommendations for Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications: 7 Ways to Integrate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Into Scholarly Publishing

• Published in: Preventing chronic disease Vol. 20; p. E17
• Main Author: Jack, Leonard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 23.03.2023
• Subjects: Best practice; Decision making; Diversity equity & inclusion; Ethnicity; Humans; Minority & ethnic groups; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Participation; Peer review; Public health; Publishing; Publishing industry; Racism; Republication; Scholarly Communication; Scholarly publishing; Transparency
• ISSN: 1545-1151; 1545-1151
• DOI: 10.5888/pcd20.230051

[...]bias against individuals because of their race, gender, religion, disability, education, institutional setting, career status, sexual orientation, spoken language, and other characteristics remains a pressing issue in scientific publishing.3 Emerging diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) best practices are becoming increasingly important to promote equitable actions that advance diversity of disciplines, racial and ethnic diversity, institutional diversity, interdisciplinary fields, gender diversity, geographic diversity, and linguistic and cultural diversity,1 as well as inclusion of perspectives represented by this diversity. In terms of diversity, journals should ensure diverse representation to provide feedback to the journal.4 Efforts should be made to go beyond familiar and often more comfortable representation to ensure diversity among staff leadership, external review panels, associate editors, editorial board members, statistics review committee members, guest editors, peer reviewers, subject matter consultants, and journal leadership and staff members. Examples of demographic data that should be collected and reported include gender, age, race and ethnicity, education, geographic location, institution/affiliation, sexual identity, occupation, military status, disability status, and career status (early, mid-, and late career).3 Journal leadership and staff must recognize the possibility of data misuse. [...]there is a need to establish and maintain safeguards to protect sensitive data being collected. * Acknowledging progress, and missteps: A journal’s readership may be the first audience to notice progress toward advancing DEI principles in a journal’s day-to-day operations, whether it be an increase in meaningful participation of diverse participants such as guest editors or on editorial boards, or the use of inclusive language in publications. The following two DEI resources may be of use to journals: CSE Repository of Scholarly Resources on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: CSE has generated a compilation of guidance resources, documents, and other materials providing information related to furthering diversity, equity, and inclusion in scholarly publishing in six categories6: * DEI Committees of Trade/Professional Organizations in Scholarly Publishing * DEI and Peer Review * DEI Statements/Policies from Journals/Professional Associations/Publishers * Bias, Discrimination, and Racism * Data Collection on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion * Reporting Sex, Gender, and Race in Publications * Inclusive Language Communication.