The WEIRDness of QoE research: The diversity of QoMEX authorship considering locality and gender

The situatedness of researchers and developers influences the whole research process from ideas to methods to results. To assess the diversity of perspectives in the QoE field, we conducted a quantitative content analysis of QoMEX proceedings authorship examining five years of the locality of authors (20152019) and two years of gender and author type (2018-2019). Our results reveal the predominance of WEIRD, i.e. Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic, authorship and the under-representation of female authorship, along with other alarming trends. Hence, we conclude with potential measures to counteract this development