Inspired by search of @PavelTomancak in 5 major molecular biology #journals , I made my own in fields of #social #geography & #rural studies.

So, this is thread on #social #science #inequality.

#SSH #knowledge #academia #Europe

1/X https://twitter.com/PavelTomancak/status/1336050747893551106?s=20

I chose Progress in Human Geography, Geoforum, Land Use Policy, Journal of Rural Studies and Sociologia Ruralis ( @SoRuralis).

Publishers: #Elsevier #Wiley #SAGE

Institutions of Editors and Editorial boards' members were scanned.

Editors-in-Chief: 3x, 2x, 1x, 1x

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Do the results surprise you? I don't think so. Figure shows regions. Here is the list of individual countries. Together, there is 155 reseachers:

43
19
10
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

Long tail, isn't it?

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When focusing only on #Europe (83 researchers), the #East ("new" #EU members) have literally 2 representatives - both from @CZUvPraze .

That's all, no #East non-EU members.

Do you want to see some consequences of this distribution? Check this

https://twitter.com/jehlicka_petr/status/1336240063697575940?s=20

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Some things should be considered:

1) I didn't weighted for the amount of institutions/researchers in the countries - it's not the same as popullation. Some disproportion might be caused by this.

2) I didn't look at number of papers - that would be more diverse, I guess.

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However, this suggests who are the gatekeepers of knowledge and where does their background come from.

High level of #inequality in #academia. Food for thought, I guess.

Interesting for @jehlicka_petr @Balint_ESSRG @JoseLViveroPol @fleroy1974 @julialeventon @BrankoMilan?

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@olgaloblova @czexpats @jana_bacevic @ChronosKairos3 @hlageek @sosnilek @LudekBroz @pgkeil @vedavyzkum_cz @DanielStach @H2020_Czech @Vedact24 @mikelisgrivins @RuralSociologyW @ESRSociology @RuralSociology @hendricksonm

I hope you practised the national flags as I did

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Intersting also for you @postsocialism?