Editorial endogamy in some Latin American dental journals

Authors

  • Christian Renzo Aquino Canchari Universidad Peruana los Andes (UPLA). Facultad de Medicina Humana. Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina los Andes (SOCIEMLA). Huancayo, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-5598
  • Luis Arturo Santivañez-Isla Universidad Peruana los Andes (UPLA), Facultad de Odontología. Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Odontología Universidad Peruana los Andes (SCEOUPLA), Huancayo, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5337-0609
  • Johan Rafael Casimiro-Ramos Universidad Peruana los Andes (UPLA), Facultad de Odontología. Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Odontología Universidad Peruana los Andes (SCEOUPLA), Huancayo, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6008-1031
  • Katia Medalith Huaman-Castillon Universidad Continental (UCCI), Facultad de Medicina Humana, Huancayo, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7771-099X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4322/bds.2023.e3570

Abstract

Objective: Scientific publication in a journal by a member of the editorial committee of the same journal is known as authorial endogamy. To determine the presence of authorial endogamy in some Latin American dental journals. Material and Methods: Observational, descriptive, retrospective study. Eight dental journals from Brazil, Cuba and Chile indexed to Scopus in the period of 2018 - 2021 were analyzed. An evaluation was made of the manuscripts that include a member of the editorial committee as author. The results were expressed in percentages and frequency measurements and for the bivariate analysis, the Mann-Whitney U test and Fisher’s exact test were used (p<0.05). Results: A total of 2026 articles, from which 14.52% (n=256), of authorial endogamy were found. The endogamy articles were mostly original articles 98.05% (n=252), experimental design 39.70% (n=102), advisory council 49.36% (n=153), co-authorship position 58.97% (n=184), with presence of 1 endogamic author per article 82.94% (n=214), the number of days from submission to acceptance were statistically lower in endogamic articles (p=0.003). Conclusion: The presence of editorial endogamy in some dental journals in Latin America was low, this finding is more frequent in original articles, mostly from the advisory board and as co-author. Additionally; it was found that endogamic articles took less days in editorial process.

KEYWORDS

Editorial policies; Ethics in scientific publication; Electronic journals; Latin America; Endogamy authoral (DeCS).

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Published

2023-05-02

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 2 (2023): Apr - Jun / 2023 - Published Mar 2023

Section

Clinical or Laboratorial Research

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