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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2307-2113</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Información en Ciencias de la Salud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. cuba. inf. cienc. salud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2307-2113</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias MédicasEditorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2307-21132021000400009</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Distribución geográfica y brecha de género en la revisión por pares de una revista científica biomédica en Latinoamérica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Geographic distribution and gender gap in the peer review of a Latin American biomedical scientific journal]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arroyo-Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hugo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez-Soto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Max]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alarco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. Jhonnel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Huarez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Bertha]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Salud Oficina General de Información y Sistemas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Lima]]></addr-line>
<country>Perú</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Facultad de Salud Pública y Administración en Salud ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Lima]]></addr-line>
<country>Peru</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>32</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2307-21132021000400009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2307-21132021000400009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2307-21132021000400009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La revisión por pares es un proceso importante al permitir tomar decisiones previas a la publicación de un artículo. Sin embargo, existe escasa información en revistas científicas de Latinoamérica sobre los profesionales que participan en estos procesos. Este trabajo se propuso determinar la distribución geográfica y de género en la revisión por pares realizada en la Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública. Se analizaron las listas de agradecimiento de quienes participaron en la revisión por pares de esta revista desde el año 2010 hasta el 2017. El país de procedencia se identificó a partir de la afiliación institucional, mencionada inicialmente por los revisores, y para la identificación del género se utilizaron los nombres. En caso de existir duda con el género se realizó una búsqueda de imágenes y de perfiles académicos públicos disponibles en Internet. Se encontraron 1 628 menciones de agradecimientos a profesionales que participaron en la revisión por pares; el 60,4 % (n = 983) fueron procedentes del extranjero, principalmente de España, México, Chile, Colombia y Argentina. El 71,1 % (n = 1158) fueron revisores hombres y el 28,9 % (n = 470) revisoras. según la procedencia de las revisoras, el 35,0 % (n = 344) fueron del extranjero y el 19,6 % (n = 126) de Perú; y en los revisores hombres el 65,0 % fueron del extranjero y el 80,6 % de Perú. La revisión por pares en una revista científica biomédica en Perú fue realizada principalmente por profesionales de otros países de habla hispana. Existe una brecha de género que es mayor para la participación de revisoras de Perú.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Peer review is an important process that makes it possible to take decisions before the publication of an article. However, little information is available in Latin American scientific journals about the professionals involved in this process. The purpose of the study was to determine the geographic and gender distribution of peer review in the Peruvian Journal of Experimental Medicine and Public Health. Data about peer reviewers were obtained from the acknowledgements sections of journal issues published from 2010 to 2017. The country of origin was identified from the institutional affiliation reported by peer reviewers, and gender was derived from their proper names. In the event of doubt about a reviewer's gender, a search was conducted for images and public academic profiles available on the Internet. A total 1 628 acknowledgement mentions were found, 60.4% (n = 983) of which referred to overseas reviewers, mainly from Spain, Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. 71.1% (n = 1 158) of the reviewers were male and 28.9% (n = 470) were female. 35.0% (n = 344) of the female reviewers were foreign and 19.6% (n = 126) were from Peru, whereas 65.0% of the male reviewers were foreign and 80.6% were from Peru. Peer review in a Peruvian biomedical scientific journal was mainly conducted by professionals from other Spanish-speaking countries. A gender gap was observed which is wider for participation of Peruvian female reviewers.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[revisión de la investigación por pares]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[manuscritos médicos como asunto]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Salud Pública]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Peer review]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[peer research review]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[technical and scientific publications]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[medical manuscripts as subject]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[public health]]></kwd>
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