APA Journals has announced that it is sharing its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Toolkit for Journal Editors.
Journal editors are uniquely positioned to enable equitable and inclusive practices at every stage of the research and publication process.
This toolkit includes resources, standards, and initiatives available to APA’s editors to support and strengthen their journal’s equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) efforts. The toolkit offers more than 30 recommended actions journal editors can take to promote equity and inclusion in their journals and includes sections on methods for promoting inclusivity and diversity in a journal; inclusive reporting standards for authors; mechanisms for promoting equity through open science; tips for improving editorial board representation; reviewer resources for inclusive peer review; additional published resources; and an EDI checklist for journal editors.
Prospective authors, reviewers, and publishing industry professionals can also use this toolkit to identify ways to make their research, peer review, and publishing processes more equitable and inclusive.
The toolkit is part of broader efforts by APA Publishing to implement its EDI Framework that guides APA's mission toward a scholarly publishing program that is equitable, diverse, and inclusive in its composition, goals, policies, standards, operations, practices, culture, and climate.
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