Always marginalized? Gender grant and lgbtqia + in the best journals in political science
Always marginalized? Gender grant and lgbtqia + in the best journals in political scienceBy Jennifer M. Piscopo,, University of London
Are research in political science that explores the gender and LGBTQIA + policy is still underrepresented in the best journals in the discipline? This article examines trends in publication in sex research and LGBTQIA + research in five main journals in political science, between 2017 and 2023 (inclusive). I note that sexual research and LGBTQIA + research represents together 5% to 7% of the research published in the best selected journals; However, most of this research concerns gender policy rather than LGBTQIA +policy. Overall, sex research and LGBTQIA + research appears largely in the main journals when it complies with disciplinary standards on the methods and sex of the authors. The majority of the published genre and LGBTQIA + research are quantitative. The men author of gender research at rates almost three times their membership in the research section on women, the gender and policy of the American Political Science Association and are also over -represented as the LGBTQIA +research. This study suggests that the signaling of editorial teams influences the manuscripts that land in journals.