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Women in Antiquity: An Analysis of Gender and Publishing in a Global Archaeology Journal

Hanscam, Emily, Witcher, Robert·2023·Journal of Field Archaeology
DOI 10.1080/00934690.2022.2143896
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Studies of archaeology publishing demonstrate a persistent imbalance in the ratio of male and female authors. We present an analysis of the world archaeology journal Antiquity using submissions and editorial decisions data (2015–2020). We identify a recurrent ratio of one female for every two male authors across measures including all listed authors, solo and first-named authors, and team authorship. Disaggregating author gender by country and region of corresponding author, however, reveals substantial variation, opening a new avenue for understanding of global trends in archaeology publishing. We also assess peer review and editorial decision-making in relation to author gender, finding no evidence of bias and, using the 2020 data, we look for any potential gendered impact of Covid-19, finding solo female authors may have been more affected than those working in teams. We contextualize the results in relation to initiatives to diversify authorship, including capacity-building programs for early career researchers.

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Figure 1 Gender of published Antiquity article authors from 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020 (R. Witcher).
Figure 1 Gender of published Antiquity article authors from 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020 (R. Witcher).CC-BY · From the PDF
Figure 2 Gender of fi rst-named authors for articles published in select archaeology journals, 2007 -2016, based on survey responses reported in Heath-Stout 2020a (for journals with author responses totaling at least 4% of the overall dataset), plus data for Norwegian Archaeology Review (1968 -2008; Bjerck 2008); Journal of Roman Studies (2005 -2019; Kelly et al. 2019); Istanbuler Mitteilungen (1980 -2018) and Paléorient (1980 -2019; D ' Anna et al. 2021, table 4); and, Journal of Computational Applications in Archaeology (2019 -2021; Johnson 2022) (R. Witcher).
Figure 2 Gender of fi rst-named authors for articles published in select archaeology journals, 2007 -2016, based on survey responses reported in Heath-Stout 2020a (for journals with author responses totaling at least 4% of the overall dataset), plus data for Norwegian Archaeology Review (1968 -2008; Bjerck 2008); Journal of Roman Studies (2005 -2019; Kelly et al. 2019); Istanbuler Mitteilungen (1980 -2018) and Paléorient (1980 -2019; D ' Anna et al. 2021, table 4); and, Journal of Computational Applications in Archaeology (2019 -2021; Johnson 2022) (R. Witcher).CC-BY · From the PDF
Figure 3 Numbers of authors listed on Antiquity submissions 2015 -2020 (n = 1431) (R. Witcher).
Figure 3 Numbers of authors listed on Antiquity submissions 2015 -2020 (n = 1431) (R. Witcher).CC-BY · From the PDF
Figure 4 Female:male ratio of submitting authors, 2015 -2020: A) all listed authors; B) fi rst-named authors; and, C) solo authors, compared to mean, with upper and lower control limits (UCL and LCL, respectively) at 2 standard deviations (R. Witcher).
Figure 4 Female:male ratio of submitting authors, 2015 -2020: A) all listed authors; B) fi rst-named authors; and, C) solo authors, compared to mean, with upper and lower control limits (UCL and LCL, respectively) at 2 standard deviations (R. Witcher).CC-BY · From the PDF
Figure 5 Map of female:male ratios of corresponding authors for 2015 -2020 submissions for the top 14 countries by number of submissions (R. Witcher).
Figure 5 Map of female:male ratios of corresponding authors for 2015 -2020 submissions for the top 14 countries by number of submissions (R. Witcher).CC-BY · From the PDF
Figure 6 Female:male ratio of peer reviewers accepting invitation to review, 2015 -2020, compared to mean, with upper and lower control limits (UCL and LCL, respectively) at 2 standard deviations (R. Witcher).
Figure 6 Female:male ratio of peer reviewers accepting invitation to review, 2015 -2020, compared to mean, with upper and lower control limits (UCL and LCL, respectively) at 2 standard deviations (R. Witcher).CC-BY · From the PDF
Figure 7 Editorial decisions on female and male fi rst-authored papers expressed as a female:male ratio for A) minor and major revisions and B) reject before or after external review, compared to mean, with upper and lower control limits (UCL and LCL, respectively) at 2 standard deviations (R. Witcher).
Figure 7 Editorial decisions on female and male fi rst-authored papers expressed as a female:male ratio for A) minor and major revisions and B) reject before or after external review, compared to mean, with upper and lower control limits (UCL and LCL, respectively) at 2 standard deviations (R. Witcher).CC-BY · From the PDF
Figure 8 Comparison of female:male ratios for submissions between 2015 and 2020 by four categories of authorship. 2020, the fi rst year of the pandemic, highlighted in yellow. Black bars indicate the six year mean female:male ratio for each category (R. Witcher).
Figure 8 Comparison of female:male ratios for submissions between 2015 and 2020 by four categories of authorship. 2020, the fi rst year of the pandemic, highlighted in yellow. Black bars indicate the six year mean female:male ratio for each category (R. Witcher).CC-BY · From the PDF
Figure 9 Female:male ratio of invited respondents to debate pieces, 2015 -2021 (R. Witcher).
Figure 9 Female:male ratio of invited respondents to debate pieces, 2015 -2021 (R. Witcher).CC-BY · From the PDF
Figure 10 Example of Antiquity social media promotion (A. Benton).
Figure 10 Example of Antiquity social media promotion (A. Benton).CC-BY · From the PDF

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Authors
Hanscam, E., & Witcher, R.
Venue
Journal of Field Archaeology
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2022-11-16
Volume
48
Issue
2
Pages
87-101
ISSN
  • 0093-4690
  • 2042-4582
DOI
10.1080/00934690.2022.2143896
Cited by
19
References
41
Language
en
Licence
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)
Funders
  • the Antiquity Trust
  • British Academy (WW2021100224)

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