United Kingdom

#3 of 189

7.9% of editorial positions

49,363
Positions
37,414
Editors
9,464
Journals
48
Publishers
20.7
Mean h-index

United Kingdom ranks #3 among 189 countries. 49,363 positions across 9,464 journals. 37,414 editors. 35.5% female (above avg 33.7%). Mean h-index: 20.7 (below avg 22.7). 7.9% of global positions.

Gender distribution

Male
19,593
Female
10,790
Androgynous
788
Unknown
6,243

35.5% female · 64.5% male (of 30,383 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.

Top scientific fields

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).

0.827
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.
0.200
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.
28 yr
Median years since first OpenAlex-indexed publication, per unique editor. IQR 16–45 yr (spread 29 yr), mean 35 yr, n = 31,241. A low median with a small IQR indicates a board clustered in one career stage; a large IQR signals generational mix.