One year ago, JBJS organized the Sex and Gender Reporting in Musculoskeletal Research Symposium (SGS). The meeting provided an opportunity for focused discussion of:
- How best to improve the reporting of sex and gender in research studies;
- The potential roles of funders, institutional review boards, investigators, reviewers, and journals in this effort;
- Creating and championing a framework for standard practice in musculoskeletal research
Following the symposium, the editors of 6 orthopaedic journals and members of the Sex and Gender Research in Orthopaedic Journals Group authored an editorial outlining shared resolutions that was jointly published across journals in June of this year.
Several papers based on the proceedings of the symposium—and exploring barriers, challenges, and opportunities for collaborative engagement—have subsequently been published in JBJS, beginning with an article by the series’ Guest Editor and key organizer Dr. Kimberly Templeton: Sex and Gender in Orthopaedic Research. How Do We Continue to Move the Needle?
“If we can work together as a community of learners, clinicians, investigators, IRBs, funders, editorial leaders, and journal reviewers, we can advance orthopaedic research and lead the way in improving the health of everyone,” Dr. Templeton writes.
The complete Symposium Series, including 10 papers and the jointly published editorial, is now available at JBJS.org:
Symposium Series: Sex and Gender Research in Orthopaedics
Articles in the series are freely accessible through the end of this year.
JBJS thanks the members of the Sex and Gender Research in Orthopaedic Journals Group for their work and gratefully acknowledges support for the SGS from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF), and the International Orthopaedic Diversity Alliance (IODA). The SGS was supported by an R13 grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) of the NIH.
Authors interested in submitting research articles to JBJS are encouraged to review the updated Instructions for Authors on the reporting of sex and gender data, including adherence to the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) Guidelines and the SAGER guidelines checklist.
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