Recommendations for making editorial boards diverse and inclusive

Hayat Mahdjoub; Bea Maas; Martin A Nuñez; Rassim Khelifa

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.011

Recommendations for making editorial boards diverse and inclusive

Trends Ecol Evol. 2022 Dec;37(12):1021-1024. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.011. Epub 2022 Oct 21.

Authors

Hayat Mahdjoub¹, Bea Maas², Martin A Nuñez³, Rassim Khelifa⁴

Affiliations

¹ Botany Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 429-2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4 BC, Canada. Electronic address: hayatmahdjoub@gmail.com.
² Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, Division of Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, Vienna 1030, Austria.
³ Grupo de Ecología de Invasiones, INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CONICET, Avenida de los Pioneros 2350, San Carlos de Bariloche, 8400, Río Negro, Argentina; Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
⁴ Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 429-2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4 BC, Canada; Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada; Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, H4B 1R6 QC, Canada.

PMID: 36280401
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.09.011

Abstract

Lack of diversity in editorial boards hinders multifaceted perspectives in fields such as ecology, evolution, and conservation. We outline ten key actions for editorial boards to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion, benefiting the journal in attracting a wider readership, enhancing diversity among authors, and overcoming biases in editorial decisions.

Keywords: EDI; authorship; diversity; equity; gender; geographic bias; inclusion.

MeSH terms

Ecology*