Another strategy is for journal editors to require the reporting of sex statistics in order to publish, like many of the other specific requirements for reporting results. While helpful, requiring a separate section in all papers for reporting sex differences may be too extreme, but a few short sentences addressing the issue along with supplementary tables is an option. Indeed, there is a growing movement for journals to require the reporting of results by sex. In 2012 the Institute of Medicine published a report discussing the issue, and ultimately, the report recommends (among other things) that journals should require authors to present sex difference analyses when the study design allows [41]. A number of high impact journals (e.g., Lancet, Science, and Nature) have developed policies outlining the inclusion and reporting of sex differences (for a listing of journals and policies, see [42]), and it is only a matter of time before the major human genetics journals follow suit.
