Table 1.
Representation of women among peer reviewers and editors of medical journals
| BMJ journals | Reviewers (n) | % Women | % Missing | Editors (n) | % Women | Gender of EIC | CiteScore | Impact factor |
| Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 529 | 23.1 | 0.4 | 12 | 25.0 | Man | 28.7 | 19.1 |
| BMJ Case Reports | 7179 | 23.1 | 1.1 | 11 | 27.3 | Woman | NA | NA |
| BMJ Global Health | 1325 | 41.1 | 0.8 | 16 | 25.0 | Man | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| BMJ Health & Care Informatics | 133 | 34.1 | 0.8 | 17 | 35.3 | Man | 1.9 | NA |
| BMJ Leader | 162 | 47.8 | 1.9 | 14 | 35.7 | Man | 1 | NA |
| BMJ Neurology Open | 85 | 32.9 | 0.0 | 8 | 25.0 | Man | NA | NA |
| BMJ Open | 13 041 | 36.4 | 1.3 | 14 | 50.0 | Man | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care | 1038 | 30.8 | 0.9 | 8 | 0.0 | Man | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| BMJ Open Ophthalmology | 278 | 30.1 | 0.7 | 29 | 34.5 | Man | 2.5 | NA |
| BMJ Open Quality | 42 | 39.0 | 2.4 | 8 | 87.5 | Woman | 1.1 | NA |
| BMJ Open Respiratory Research | 340 | 24.6 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.0 | Men (2) | 4 | NA |
| BMJ Open Science | 43 | 37.2 | 0.0 | 18 | 44.4 | Woman | NA | NA |
| BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine | 309 | 33.4 | 0.3 | 39 | 33.3 | Man | 3.5 | NA |
| BMJ Paediatrics Open | 356 | 35.0 | 0.6 | 26 | 46.2 | Man | 2.5 | NA |
| BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning | 180 | 44.4 | 0.0 | 12 | 58.3 | Woman | 1.4 | NA |
| BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care | 417 | 48.3 | 0.7 | 29 | 34.5 | Men (2) | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| British Journal of Ophthalmology | 1113 | 24.5 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.0 | Man | 7.3 | 4.6 |
| British Journal of Sports Medicine | 693 | 28.5 | 0.1 | 15 | 40.0 | Man | 19.2 | 13.8 |
| Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin | 64 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 12 | 33.3 | Man | NA | NA |
| Emergency Medicine Journal | 767 | 26.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 50.0 | Woman | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy | 203 | 40.5 | 1.5 | 16 | 37.5 | Man | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| Evidence-Based Medicine | 271 | 33.3 | 1.5 | 11 | 63.6 | Man | 3.2 | NA |
| Evidence-Based Mental Health | 64 | 35.9 | 1.6 | 12 | 25.0 | Man | 8.6 | 8.5 |
| Frontline Gastroenterology | 220 | 19.5 | 0.0 | 11 | 9.1 | Man | 3.2 | NA |
| General Psychiatry | 167 | 25.7 | 0.0 | 10 | 10.0 | Man | 4.5 | NA |
| Gut | 1307 | 20.2 | 0.8 | 17 | 5.9 | Man | 35.6 | 23.1 |
| Heart | 970 | 23.0 | 0.4 | 17 | 23.5 | Woman | 9 | 6.0 |
| Injury Prevention | 282 | 38.6 | 1.8 | 7 | 57.1 | Woman | 3.7 | 2.4 |
| Integrated Healthcare Journal | 35 | 37.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | Man | NA | NA |
| Journal of Clinical Pathology | 441 | 30.9 | 1.8 | 10 | 30.0 | Man | 5.3 | 3.4 |
| Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health | 548 | 40.7 | 1.5 | 22 | 27.3 | Men (2) | 6.3 | 3.7 |
| Journal of Investigative Medicine | 366 | 24.9 | 0.3 | 27 | 18.5 | Man | 3.9 | 2.9 |
| Journal of Medical Ethics | 726 | 38.7 | 0.4 | 8 | 62.5 | Man | 4 | 2.9 |
| Journal of Medical Genetics | 504 | 38.3 | 0.0 | 6 | 33.3 | Man | 9.7 | 6.3 |
| Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery | 788 | 11.2 | 0.5 | 16 | 12.5 | Man | 8.2 | 5.8 |
| Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry | 1126 | 19.1 | 0.7 | 8 | 12.5 | Man | 13.5 | 10.3 |
| Medical Humanities | 198 | 50.5 | 1.0 | 5 | 60.0 | Woman | 1.5 | NA |
| Occupational and Environmental Medicine | 440 | 40.6 | 0.0 | 15 | 33.3 | Man | 6.8 | 4.4 |
| Open Heart | 365 | 19.2 | 0.3 | 13 | 23.1 | Man | 3.1 | NA |
| Postgraduate Medical Journal | 429 | 24.9 | 1.6 | 12 | 16.7 | Man | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| Practical Neurology | 118 | 16.2 | 0.8 | 6 | 0.0 | Men (2) | 3.1 | NA |
| Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine | 405 | 21.4 | 1.0 | 12 | 8.3 | Men (2) | 7.9 | 6.3 |
| RMD Open | 424 | 32.9 | 1.2 | 8 | 50.0 | Man | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| The Journal of ISAKSOS Medicine | 165 | 8.0 | 1.2 | 3 | 33.3 | Man | NA | NA |
| Tobacco Control | 519 | 40.9 | 1.2 | 8 | 75.0 | Woman | 10.9 | 6.6 |
| Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open | 140 | 26.1 | 1.4 | 10 | 50.0 | Man | 1.3 | NA |
| The BMJ | 3224 | 29.5 | 0.8 | 15 | 80.0 | Woman | 6.9 | 38.9 |
| Overall | 42 539 | 30.2 | 0.9 | 555 | 33.4 | 19.2% | ||
| External comparators | ||||||||
| NEJM | 695 | 18.9 | 0.3 | 19 | 36.8 | Man | 80.6 | 91.2 |
| JAMA | 2880 | 28.1 | 0.2 | 32 | 31.3 | Man | NA | 56.3 |
All data refer to 2020 apart from data for the BMJ, which are from 2017 as this was the last year available.
EIC, editor-in-chief.