A new tool for evaluating health equity in academic journals; the Diversity Factor.

ABSTRACT: Current methods to evaluate a journal's impact rely on the downstream citation mapping used to generate the Impact Factor. This approach is a fragile metric prone to being skewed by outlier values and does not speak to a researcher's contribution to furthering health outcomes for all populations. Therefore, we propose the implementation of a Diversity Factor to fulfill this need and supplement the current metrics. It is composed of four key elements: dataset properties, author country, author gender and departmental affiliation. Due to the significance of each individual element, they should be assessed independently of each other as opposed to being combined into a simplified score to be optimized. Herein, we discuss the necessity of such metrics, provide a framework to build upon, evalua

SUBMITTER: Gallifant J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10424852 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature