Gender disparity in editorial boards of journals in neurology.

Despite the widely accepted benefits, at present, gender equity is a challenge for women, also in science.1 In this context, according to the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's Women in Science data, women represented approximately 30% of researchers in 2018, whereas nearly 75% of trainees, health workers, and faculty involved in global health were characterized by women in the same year.2 In neurology, the analysis of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Report led to estimate that in 2016, women were approximately 32% of all US neurologists, whereas in 2008, they were nearly 25%.3 In addition, it also appears that women researchers are much less represented than men among editorial boards of various scientific journals.4,5 In 2011, Amrein et al.4 reported that women represented approximately 18% of all editorial board members of 60 top-ranked journals, whereas they decreased to less than 15% when considering the top 5 neurology journals.