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Preventing Chronic Disease in 2023: More Volunteers, New Appointments, Upcoming Collections, Acknowledgment of Guest Editorial Board on Racism, and Updates on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives
EDITOR IN CHIEF'S COLUMN — Volume 20 — June 29, 2023
NON–PEER REVIEWED
Figure 1.
Self-reported gender of manuscript management system users, Preventing Chronic Disease, April 2023.
| Gender | Number of respondents |
|---|---|
| Woman | 363 |
| Man | 210 |
| Nonbinary or gender diverse | 7 |
| Prefer not to disclose | 11 |
Figure 2.
Self-reported race of manuscript management system users, Preventing Chronic Disease, April 2023. Note that labels do not correspond to federally designated race categories and are a function of the Clarivate data retrieval system, which reports subcategories of race. The indigenous category includes North American Indian, South American Indian, and Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Source: Clarivate Analytics/ScholarOne (www.Clarivate.com).
| Race | Number of respondents |
|---|---|
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 141 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander, multiracial | 9 |
| Black | 79 |
| Black, multiracial | 7 |
| Hispanic, Latino, Latina, Latinx | 19 |
| Hispanic, Latino, Latina, Latinx, multiracial | 13 |
| Indigenous | 7 |
| Middle Eastern or North African | 19 |
| White | 272 |
| Self described | 7 |
| Preferred not to disclose | 18 |
Figure 3.
Self-reported world region of origin of manuscript management system users queried about ethnicity, Preventing Chronic Disease, April 2023. Source: Clarivate Analytics/ScholarOne (www.Clarivate.com).
| World region of origin, reported as ethnicity | Number of respondents |
|---|---|
| Western Europe | 102 |
| Eastern Europe | 83 |
| East and Central Asia | 79 |
| North America | 77 |
| South and Southeast Asia | 66 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 39 |
| South America | 30 |
| Central America and Caribbean | 26 |
| West Asia/Middle East | 21 |
| North Africa | 8 |
| Pacific Island/Oceania(includes Australia) | 3 |
| Preferred not to disclose | 46 |
| Self described | 11 |
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