France

#12 of 189

2.0% of editorial positions

12,378
Positions
10,106
Editors
4,465
Journals
44
Publishers
22.7
Mean h-index

France ranks #12 among 189 countries. 12,378 positions across 4,465 journals. 10,106 editors. 29.1% female (below avg 33.7%). Mean h-index: 22.7 (below avg 22.7). 2.0% of global positions.

Gender distribution

Male
5,868
Female
2,412
Androgynous
100
Unknown
1,726

29.1% female · 70.9% male (of 8,280 resolved; global avg 33.7%)

Each editor counted once at this entity (composite identity key). Gender is inferred from the first name — not self-reported — and coverage drops for non-Latin-script names, which inflates the "unknown" bar in some countries.

Board diversity

Per-editor diversity indicators. Each editor is counted once (composite identity key). The Shannon columns use Pielou's normalisation J = H / ln(k) so values are comparable across entities with different numbers of categories. See the methodology for full definitions, use cases, and references (Shannon 1948; Pielou 1966; Jost 2006).

0.844
Pielou's J over OpenAlex scientific fields. High values mean this entity's editors span many disciplines (a broad multidisciplinary footprint); low values mean they cluster in one field. Especially informative for institution pages, where the country and org_type Shannons are trivially zero.
0.558
Pielou's J over the ROR org_type field (education, healthcare, facility, government, nonprofit, company, archive). Low values mean editors come overwhelmingly from one kind of institution — usually universities, which account for about 82% of editors dataset-wide. Higher values indicate editorial boards that reach into clinical practice, public labs, industry, or scientific societies.
27 yr
Median years since first OpenAlex-indexed publication, per unique editor. IQR 16–38 yr (spread 22 yr), mean 32 yr, n = 8,512. A low median with a small IQR indicates a board clustered in one career stage; a large IQR signals generational mix.