Data files and related to reproduce tables and figures in "Who Counts? Gender, Gatekeeping, and Quantitative Human Geography" Final paper available at https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/ucfyd
Abstract: How academic disciplines are represented and reproduced is a charged issue. In geography in particular, the challenge is not only who counts, especially with regard to gender and other factors, but also how the boundaries of the discipline are drawn and which subfields are acknowledged. This paper contributes to both aspects of the discussion by extending recent research on gender, internationalization, and academic gatekeeping to additional subfields of human geography. In particular, we focus on the demographic structure and international diversity of the editorial teams of flagship quantitative geography journals. We find that women are under-represented in our sample, with shares ranging from 23.1 to 43.5 percent—numbers unfortunately comparable to many other geography journals. We also find that career stage is an important factor and that our sample is more international and less Anglophone than the disciplinary norm. We conclude by emphasizing the importance of attending to issues of inclusive gatekeeping in geography and elsewhere.
Key Words: academia, gender, geography, publication, quantitative methods.
This repository contains data and source information for editorial teams of quantitative human geography journals. Data were created from 1st issue 2020 information or from journal websites in May 2020, depending on availabiliy.
Journals in the sample are:
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (CEUS) Environment and Planning B (EPB) Geographical Analysis (GA) International Journal of Geographical Information Science (IJGIS) Journal of Geographical Systems (JGS) Journal of Transport Geography Population, Space and Place Transactions in GIS (TGIS)