Fifth anniversary of the Sex And Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines: taking stock and looking ahead

• Published in: BMJ global health Vol. 6; no. 11; p. e007853
• Main Authors: Peters, Sanne A E, Babor, Thomas F, Norton, Robyn N, Clayton, Janine A, Ovseiko, Pavel V, Tannenbaum, Cara, Heidari, Shirin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.11.2021; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Anniversaries and Special Events; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Diversity training; Editorial; Ethics; FDA approval; Funding; Gender; Gender Equity; Global health; health policies and all other topics; Humans; Medical research; Sex Factors; Trends; health policies and all other topics
• ISSN: 2059-7908; 2059-7908
• DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007853

Editors may also benefit from diversity training, as implicit bias is often a persistent problem in the remediation of sex and gender disparities.10 Technical challenges Individual journals might not be able to change the instructions to authors (ITA) or electronic submission systems to align with the SAGER guidelines. Pressure from journal editors can encourage publishers to incorporate the SAGER guidelines alongside other reporting guidelines across all journals. [...]submission systems can be tailored to incorporate a tick box for authors to claim adherence and add questions to the evaluation form for peer-reviewers. Efforts to embed relevant intersectional dimensions, such as age, race, ethnicity, social identity and geographical diversity into research and reporting practices should also continue intersection with sex and gender to influence on health and societal outcomes can be addressed appropriately.