DEIA Scholarly Resources

Welcome to CSE’s webpage of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) scholarly resources. DEIA best practices are important to promote equitable actions that advance diversity in various disciplines. This includes but is not limited to racial and ethnic diversity, institutional diversity, sex and gender diversity, disability and accessibility diversity, geographic diversity, and linguistic and cultural diversity. CSE is committed to providing its members with resources that can assist journals at various stages of implementing and cultivating DEIA-centered efforts.

CSE is pleased to provide DEIA resources in the seven categories linked here in one location as an aid for editors and scholarly publishing professionals. However, the content listed on this page is by no means a comprehensive list of resources on this important issue, nor does inclusion on this page imply endorsement by the Council of Science Editors. The categories are broad, and information may overlap more than one category. In addition, an archive page has been created to track previously included resources, some of which include out-of-date resources and dead links. We invite visitors to explore content in any of these categories and to consider submitting resources for inclusion.

You may submit a request here to include resources for consideration in any category. 

• DEIA Committees of Trade and Professional Organizations in Scholarly Publishing

• Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC)
• Council of Science Editors’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
• Health Affairs Journal’s Health Equity Advisory Committee
• International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE) DEI Advisory Council
• Society for Scholarly Publishing’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

• DEIA and Peer Review

• Call to Action to All Surgery Journal Editors For Diversity in the Editorial and Peer Review Process
• Diversity and Inclusion in Peer Review at IOP Publishing
• Diversity in Peer Review: Survey Results
• Eight Ways to Tackle Diversity and Inclusion in Peer Review
• Gender Diversity of Editorial Boards and Gender Differences in the Peer Review Process at Six Journals of Ecology and Evolution
• Research Culture and Identity in Peer Review

• Bias, Discrimination, and Racism

• Committed to Inclusion and Equity, We Stand in Solidarity with Black Communities – Because Black Lives Matter
• Confronting Environmental Racism
• Dismantling Racism in Scholarly Publishing, Intentionally and Unapologetically
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Scholarly Research and Publishing
• On Racism: A New Standard for Publishing on Racial Health Inequities
• Our Vision: An Antiracist Journal
• Responsibility of Medical Journals in Addressing Racism in Health Care (Editorial)

• Data Collection on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

• Introducing Demographic Questions during Manuscript Submission at the American Psychological Association
• Scientific Journals Commit to Diversity but Lack the Data
• The Giant Plan to Track Diversity in Research Journals
• The STM Diversity & Inclusion Survey 2024 
• Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Publishing (Royal Society of Chemistry)

• Reporting Sex, Gender, and Race in Publications

• Checklist for Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals modified from JAMA
• The Groundwater of Racial and Ethnic Disparities Research
• Sex and Gender Equity in Research: Rationale for the SAGER Guidelines and Recommended Use
• Updated Guidance on the Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical and Science Journals

• Inclusive Language Communication

• Guidelines on Inclusive Language and Images in Scholarly Communication
• AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11 ed.)
• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Inclusive Language Guidelines
• The Language of Race and Ethnicity in Academic Medical Publishing
• Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (8 ed.)
• The Radical Copyeditor’s Style Guide for Writing about Transgender People
• Thoughts on Sex and Gender Inclusive Language in Medical Publishing

• Responding to Changes in DEIA Policies Issued by Government and Institutions

• Damage Control in the Wake of Political Action That Threatens the Integrity of Medical Research
• The Scholarly Kitchen: Upholding Our Legacy of DEIA
• The Scholarly Kitchen: DEIA and Doing the Right Thing
• Why we must defend science, social science and medicine from attacks on diversity
• CSE’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility: Staying the Course