
{"id":3780,"date":"2021-08-13T04:22:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T04:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/new-inclusive-journal-policy-to-allow-transgender-authors-to-change-names-on-published-works\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:31:35","slug":"new-inclusive-journal-policy-to-allow-transgender-authors-to-change-names-on-published-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/new-inclusive-journal-policy-to-allow-transgender-authors-to-change-names-on-published-works","title":{"rendered":"New inclusive journal policy to allow transgender authors to  change names on published works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">In a marked shift towards being more inclusive and equitable, the scientific publishing world welcomed a new \u2018name change policy\u2019 for research authors. In a first, a network of 17 national laboratories joined hands with 13 publishing groups to sign the agreement, which makes it easier for transgender and gender non-conforming researchers to change their names on digital editions of published papers. The trans-inclusive name change agreement follows a simple and seamless approach that enables authors to discreetly update their names on published articles without any change in their DOI.<sup>1<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Authors are under no compulsion to <\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">disclose the reason for the request and do not need to provide name change proof. The agreement respects the authors right to privacy and offers them the option of changing their name with or without a public notice<span style=\"background: white;\">. <\/span>\u201cThis change eliminates an enormous burden on researchers, emotionally and administratively, to correct the record,\u201d said Lady Idos, the chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which spearheaded the agreement.<sup>2<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Previously, researchers faced an unfair and difficult choice of having to either delete their prior work from their publication record or risk possible discrimination. However, for those wanting to change their names partway through their careers <\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">because of gender identity, religion, or marital status,<span style=\"background: white;\"> the disconnect between the old name and the new often proved detrimental to their professional growth. If a person\u2019s academic work is attributed to different names, it not only creates confusion about the author\u2019s readership or citations, it also makes it difficult for readers to access all of a researcher\u2019s work in one place.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">In 2019, when Theresa Jean Tanenbaum, associate professor at the University of California, chose to transition and change her name, she was faced with the uphill task of trying to correct her name on\u00a0dozens of her published papers spanning more than a decade. She said, \u201c\u2026I found myself navigating a confusing and exhausting landscape of ad-hoc name changes, refusals, delays, and closed doors.\u201d<sup>3<\/sup> She chose not to give up and, instead, founded the Name Change Policy Working Group that led a tireless and persistent campaign to bring about change in straitjacketed publication policies.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Announced last month, the agreement is expected to streamline the collaborative process and ensure that researchers are credited properly for their full body of published work \u2013 thereby creating a more inclusive culture in STEM fields and STEM publishing in particular. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj\" style=\"text-align: justify; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">The policy applies to all scientific content published, including journal articles, conference proceedings and e-books. Publishers play an important role in \u201cthe entire knowledge ecosystem,\u201d said Judy Verses, executive vice president at Wiley. \u201cThis partnership shows the power of scientific collaboration \u2014 not only to move the world forward with new discoveries, but also to drive inclusivity with impact.\u201d<sup>2<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Speaking about the policy, Ed Gerstner, director journals, policy and strategy at Springer Nature, commented, \u201cAs publishers it is imperative that we, collectively, find ways to ensure our academic community feels safe and supported. Not only in the production and publication of their research, but also to ensure that they are properly accredited and recognised for their full body of academic research, which they have contributed to the development of science and society.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><sup><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">4 <\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">Joerg Heber, research integrity officer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, lauded the collective efforts that led to this momentous change. \u201cWe are supporting our colleagues on an important issue that is often taken for granted \u2014 allowing them to take full credit for their academic achievements with their name. It could not happen without our partners at the other national labs and in publishing. We\u2019re grateful to be working in concert on this \u2014 it\u2019s never been done before.\u201d<sup>5<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">This development is particularly welcome now since the topics of diversity, inclusion, and equity within academia and scholarly publishing have been <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">discussed widely in the past few years. The importance of recognizing and respecting a researcher\u2019s identity has been underlined even in the theme for this year\u2019s Peer Review Week\u2014one of the largest online global events in scholarly publishing\u2014<i>Identity in Peer Review<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">While there are still miles to go to achieve inclusion and equity across all sections of academia globally, this collaborative step allowing something as simple as a name change will go a long way to <\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\">ensure fair treatment to several researcher segments.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><b><u><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">References<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/elifesciences.org\/inside-elife\/066f1e3e\/elife-latest-new-policy-allows-for-name-changes-in-published-papers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New policy allows for name changes in published papers<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0&#8211; e-life, November 2020<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/28\/science\/published-research-name-change-transgender.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Policy Aims to Help Transgender Researchers Update Names on Old Work<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0&#8211; The New York Times, July 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/perspectivesblog.sagepub.com\/blog\/author-services\/publishers-changing-the-names-of-trans-people-in-their-own-work-is-not-enough?_gl=1*4oms6t*_ga*MjA2NTY0ODc1Ni4xNjI4MDU5MjM4*_ga_60R758KFDG*MTYyODE4MzUzMy4yLjEuMTYyODE4MzYwMy4w*_ga_RK7MQ5ZZVZ*MTYyODE4MzUzMy4yLjEuMTYyODE4MzYwMy4w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publishers: Changing the names of trans people in their own work is not enough<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0&#8211; Sage Perspectives, May 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/group.springernature.com\/gp\/group\/media\/press-releases\/springer-nature-introduces-trans-inclusive-name-change-policy\/19305714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Springer Nature introduces trans inclusive name change policy<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"> &#8211; Springer Nature, June 2021 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-right: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: #0563c1;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/quicktakes\/2021\/07\/30\/31-science-groups-partner-transgender-name-change-requests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">31 Science Groups Partner on Transgender Name-Change Requests<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"> &#8211; 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