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

• Main Authors: Jack Gallifant (Author), Joe Zhang (Author), Stephen Whebell (Author), Justin Quion (Author), Braiam Escobar (Author), Judy Gichoya (Author), Karen Herrera (Author), Ruxana Jina (Author), Swathikan Chidambaram (Author), Abha Mehndiratta (Author), Richard Kimera (Author), Alvin Marcelo (Author), Portia Grace Fernandez-Marcelo (Author), Juan Sebastian Osorio (Author), Cleva Villanueva (Author), Lama Nazer (Author), Irene Dankwa-Mullan (Author), Leo Anthony Celi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 popul...