Figure 1.
Flow chart of journal selection based on inclusion/exclusion criteria.
Figure 2.
Women’s representation on Dental Journal Editorial Boards.
Journal Categories in an ascending order based on statistical mean (mean and standard deviation, as represented by solid circle and bards, respectively). Periodontology journals showed the lowest proportion of women on editorial boards followed by oral and maxillofacial surgery. Public health journals showed the highest representation of women in editorial boards. Perio: periodontology journals, Oral Sx: oral and maxillofacial surgery journals, Prostho: prosthodontic journals, Endo: endodontic journals, Ortho: orthodontic journals, Oral Mx: oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology journals, Pedo: pediatric dentistry journals.
Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of women’s participation on editorial/advisory boards and editorial leadership per dental specialty.
Figure 3.
The association of women on editorial/advisory board and in the corresponding academic specialty.
The scatterplot and fit line shows a linear trend (r2 = 0.55) and confirms a positive and significant correlation between women on editorial and advisory boards and women faculty per academic specialty (p = 0.01).
Figure 4.
The association of women on editorial leadership and advisory board membership.
The scatterplot and line fit shows a linear trend (r2 = 0.44) and a significant correlation between women on journal editorial leadership and women as editorial and advisory board members. (p = 0.03).