Librarian
Inclusive References
Editors, reviewers, and authors share responsibility in ensuring that article citations and references are diverse, inclusive, and free of harmful works. There are a number of strategies your journal can employ to encourage more inclusive citations:
- Ask peer reviewers to ensure that the references in their assigned article cite a diverse range of authors (COPE Discussion Topic: Bias in Peer Review).
- During the review process, ask potential authors check their reference lists for balance in terms of gender and race/ethnicity (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Toolkit for Journal Editors).
- Recognize that “some canonical work may be purposefully uncited because of oppressive and harmful actions taken by those authors” (Anti-Racist Scholarly Reviewing Practices).
- Require that submissions which do not cite inclusively must be revised or rejected.
- Recommend additional citations of relevant works by authors from historically excluded groups (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Toolkit for Journal Editors).
- Resist requiring the existing canonical research to be cited uncritically (Anti-Racist Scholarly Reviewing Practices).