Diversity Accountability Index for Journals (DAI-J): Increasing awareness and establishing accountability across psychology journals Institutional Repository Document

To increase awareness and establish accountability, we propose that journals rate themselves using this table with an emerging list of accountability benchmarks. Recommendations are derived from Buchanan, Perez, Prinstein, & Thurston's 2021 paper, Upending Racism in Psychological Science: Strategies to Change How Our Science is Conducted, Reported, Reviewed, and Disseminated. Benchmarks were based on Centola et al., 2018, which showed 25% as the tipping point for shifting majority opinion on social norms. In order to over-correct for racism that has permeated our science, we suggest partial credit (score of 1) for journals that meet the 25% threshold and full credit (score of 2) for journals that go well above this threshold (i.e., 33% or one third of their publications). In the present table, Most refers to 70-100% of published articles, Some refers to 30-50% of published articles, and Few refers to 0-10% of published articles. See: Buchanan, N. T., Perez, M., Prinstein, M., & Thurston, I. (invited resubmission). Upending Racism in Psychological Science: Strategies to Change How Our Science is Conducted, Reported, Reviewed, and Disseminated. American Psychologist. PsyArXiv. https://psyarxiv.com/6nk4x