{"id":37673,"date":"2022-08-12T16:01:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T10:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/?p=37673"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T06:10:39","slug":"researchers-mental-health-insights-from-the-7th-asian-science-editors-conference-and-workshop-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/researchers-mental-health-insights-from-the-7th-asian-science-editors-conference-and-workshop-2022","title":{"rendered":"Researchers\u2019 Mental Health: Insights from the 7th Asian Science Editors\u2019 Conference and Workshop 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Council of Asian Science Editors<\/a>\u00a0(CASE) and the\u00a0Korean Council of Science Editors (KCSE)<\/a>\u00a0hosted the\u00a07th Asian Science Editors\u2019 Conference and Workshop 2022<\/a>, on 12th July 2022. Though CASE\u2019s primary aim is to improve the quality of scientific journals in the region, one of the keynote speeches of this conference focused on results from the\u00a0CACTUS Mental Health Survey<\/a>, presented by Andrea Hayward, Community Manager, Global Community Engagement, Cactus Communications. This is a global survey on researcher mental health and wellness that has over 13,000 responses from researchers at various seniority levels across more than 160 countries and in seven languages. Diversity and representation of minority groups is a key characteristic of this survey.<\/p>\n

The primary aims of the survey were to understand which aspects of their work keep researchers engaged, what causes them stress, and what key decision-makers can do to support researchers. The survey findings provide insights into the mental health challenges faced by researchers globally. To make the findings more relevant to the participants of CASE, Andrea focused on data collected from researchers working in Asian countries, which comprised over 50% of respondents. China, Japan, South Korea, and India were among the top 10 countries represented in the survey. In her keynote, Andrea covered the following critical points:<\/p>\n

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  1. An unusual survey finding was that participants working in China, Japan, and South Korea were least likely to indicate that their work situation frequently overwhelmed them, whereas researchers in the US, the UK, Germany, and Australia were the most likely. This observation is worth exploring since participants working in Asian countries reported working considerably longer hours than those in Europe and the US.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n