Table 1

Composition of editorial boards, gender of editors, and geographical region and income group for country of affiliation for editors in Q1 rehabilitation and sports science journals (2021)

	Frequency	Percent
Editorial classification
Editorial advisors	4663	64.3
Editorial leadership	2585	35.7
Total	7248	100.0
Editorial subclassification
Assistant editor	12	0.2
Associate editor	1605	22.1
Editor	387	5.3
Editor-in-chief	144	2.0
Editorial board	4663	64.3
Section editor	437	6.0
Total	7248	100.0
Gender of editors
Female	1792	24.7
Male	5456	75.3
Total	7248	100.0
Geographical region
East Asia and Pacific	1053	14.5
Europe and Central Asia	2474	34.1
Latin America and Caribbean	178	2.5
Middle East and North Africa	81	1.1
North America	3380	46.6
South Asia	37	0.5
Sub-Saharan Africa	45	0.6
Total	7248	100.0
Income group of the country
High income	6760	93.3
Low income	1	0.0
Lower middle income	55	0.8
Upper middle income	432	6.0
Total	7248	100.0
Category of journals
Combined	389	5.4
Rehabilitation	4344	59.9
Sports Science	2515	34.7
Total	7248	100.0