A key requirement for academic advancement is lead involve. The gender gap in authorship of academic medical literaturea 35yea. Womenmen ratio in authorship was calculated for all journals and types of papers. Assessing the gap in female authorship in radiology. The gender gap in authorship in nursing literature sage journals. However, there is little understanding of gender equity in publications in biomedical research centres funded by the national institute for health research nihr. Request pdf the gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35 year perspective participation of women in the medical profession has increased during the past four. Gender trends in authorship of spinerelated academic literature a 39year perspective. Dec 01, 2018 the gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35 year perspective n engl j med, 355 2006, pp. Mentoring perception, scientific collaboration and. Gender inequalities in authorship of the main spanish medical. Sex differences in attainment of independent funding by career development awardees. The gender gap in authorship of academic medical literaturea 35year perspective.
Clinical academic staffing levels in uk medical and dental schools. A large body of evidence has demonstrated significant gender disparities in academic medicine. Within a decade, their percentage increased from about 26% to 40% for all positions of authorship. Gender differences in the authorship of original research in pediatric journals, 2001 2016. Womens representation among lead investigators of clinical. Aug 27, 2019 longitudinal analysis of gender differences in academic productivity among medical faculty across 24 medical schools in the united states. Data on the gender of academic physician authors based in the united states for all major articles published in three general radiology journalsradiology, ajr, and academic radiologywere collected and analyzed for the years 1978, 1988, 1998, 2008, and 20. Radiation oncology losing ground to hematology oncology. Overly optimistic emergency medicine gender trends. Representation of women among physician authors of perspective. We reconstructed three possible sources of bias, i.
Gender disparities in medical publication have been demonstrated in several specialties. Physician specialty data book association of american medical colleges, 2014. The new england journal of medicine n engl j med 355. Female representation in the academic oncology physician workforce. Gender concordance of first and senior authors in family. The gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35year perspective the new england journal of medicine july 20, 2006. Trends in authorship based on gender and nationality in. A total of 33,480 unique authors were identified female authors. The gap between male and female first authorship has reversed. The gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a. The gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35year perspective list of authors. Has female authorship in family medicine research evolved.
Diversity, equity and inclusion beta 33121 society of. Quantifying gender disparity in physician authorship among. Therefore, the gender ratio of authors is slightly more balanced in pain research than in general sciences or in medical research. The journal of hospital medicine in 2019 and beyond. Articles by cynthia cooper the new england journal of. Representation of women on radiology journal editorial boards. Assessment of women physicians among authors of perspective type articles published in highimpact pediatric journals the gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35 year perspective natures underrepresentation of women. Feb 27, 2017 gender gap in medical literature authorship the gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35 year perspective the new england journal of medicine july 20, 2006 this study by reshma jagsi and elizabeth a. The gender gap in authorship of academic medical literaturea 35 year perspective.
Rodriguez je, campbell km, fogarty jp, williams rl. The gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35 year perspective nejm. Gender disparities for academic hospitalists journal of. Women in phm sohm library sohm library sohm library. This descriptive bibliometric analysis aims to determine the gender ratio of scholarly authorship at the robert graham center rgc over an 11year period. Compared with the mean across all six journals, first authors were.
Gender differences in authorship of clinical problem. The gender gap in authorship of academic medical literaturea 35year perspective over the past four decades, the proportion of women among both first and senior physicianauthors of original research in the united states has significantly increased. Closing the gender gap in medical journal publishing. The gender gap in authorship of academic medical literaturea 35.
We found no correlation between the number of citations a paper received and the ratio of authors gender in either 2005 r 2 0. We hypothesize that although women are still less likely to take leadership roles as first or last author, the gender gap has decreased over time. Kaplan sh, sullivan lm, dukes ka, phillips cf, kelch rp, schaller jg. Request pdf the gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35year perspective participation of women in the medical profession has increased during the past four. Nov 01, 2017 thus, the goals of this study were to determine how gender trends in authorship of spinerelated academic literature have changed over the past 39 years. The gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35year perspective. Underrepresented minority faculty in academic medicine.
Special article from the new england journal of medicine the gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35 year perspective. The gender gap in authorship in nursing literature europe. In 2006 a strong gender bias against women was identified in the usa by the lower proportion of women as first and senior authors of original research in the medical literature, although this proportion increased over the four decades of the study. Medicine, like other professions, has traditionally been dominated by men. We found a statistically significant increase over time in the proportion of articles by female physicians as both first and senior authors published in the major general radiology journals. Results of the 2004 association of residents in radiation oncology arro survey. Trends in the gender ratio of authorship at the robert graham. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify significant trends over time. Jul 22, 20 jagsi r, guancial ea, worobey cc, henault le, chang y, et al.
The gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35. The gender authorship gap in gynecologic oncology research. Representation of women as authors of collaborative cancer. Patel s, jagsi r, wilson j, frank s, thakkar vv, hansen ek. Our study yielded information about the gender gap in radiology authorship over a 35 year period. Although women now make up 49 percent of incoming medical students 1, it is still unusual. Mentoring perception, scientific collaboration and research. Gender trends in authorship of spinerelated academic. Trends and comparison of female first authorship in high impact. Gender differences in authorship of clinical problemsolving. Mar 29, 2008 in the december 2007 issue of academic emergency medicine, dr.
Participation of women in the medical profession has increased during the past four decades, but issues of concern persist regarding disparities between the sexes in academic medicine. Closing the gender gap in medical journal publishing journal of. Effect of professional background and gender on residents p. Reasons for attrition of women and minority faculty from a medical school. The gap between the proportion of female authors in covid19 ophthalmology research and the 2020 ophthalmologypredicted proportion based on 20022019 data is 6. Crosssectional analysis of manuscript authorship trends in. Objective scientific authorship is a vital marker of achievement in academic careers and gender equity is a key performance metric in research. The gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35year perspective the new england journal of medicine july 20, 2006 this study by reshma jagsi and elizabeth a.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate gender differences in the author. Prior studies have revealed a gender disparity in authorship of original research and editorial articles. Materials and methods professorial registrybased electronic survey n215 using bibliometric data, a. Gender gap in medical literature authorship the gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35 year perspective the new england journal of medicine july 20, 2006. Gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35year. Medical schools council and council of heads and deans of dental schools. The gender gap in authorship in nursing literature linda. The number of women in academic medicine has increased. Jolly s, griffith ka, decastro r, stewart a, ubel p, jagsi r. Effect of professional background and gender on residents. A possible explanation is the higher rate of females publishing in interdisciplinary sciences. Female senior authors, that is, the last author listed, increased from 26.
The gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35 year perspective. Many studies have examined the gender gap in authorship, 915, 20,21 and literature on gendered experiences in medicine and academia point to mentorship of women as one possible solution to address gender disparities in the field. Report of the task force on residency training information 20052006, american board of emergency medicine. Gender parity in scientific authorship in a national. Within family medicine, one of the largest physician specialties, less than 40% of professors are women, and fewer than half of first and last authors in major family medicine. Data on the gender of academic physician authors based in the united states for all major articles. Trends in the gender ratio of authorship at the robert. Diversity, equity and inclusion society of abdominal. From the bronts to jk rowling and beyond journal of. Thus, one approach to evaluate womens standing in academic medicine is to measure. Diversity, equity and inclusion beta 33121 society.
Longitudinal analysis of gender differences in academic. Female authors were less likely to continue publishing after their first article 15. Gender trends of urology manuscript authors in the united. The representation of women on the editorial boards of major medical journals. T hough the rates of women in academic medicine continue to increase, gender disparities persist. Jagsi r, guancial ea, worobey cc, henault le, chang y, starr r, tarbell nj, hylek em. Jagsi r, tarbell nj, henault le, chang y, hylek em. Special article from the new england journal of medicine the gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature a 35year perspective. Female physicianinvestigators are half as likely to continue participating in spinerelated research longer than 5 years and on average publish half as many articles as senior author. The gender gap in authorship of academic medical literature. Jul 01, 2018 jagsi, r, guancial ea, worobey cc, et al. Objectives the gender gap in academic medicine remains significant and predominantly favours males. This study investigates gender disparities in research performance in an academic health science centre, while considering factors such as mentoring and scientific collaboration. This data served as the benchmark to measure success for women in academic medicine 2.
This study assesses the gender parity in scientific authorship of biomedical research. The gender gap in authorship in nursing literature. The history and meaning of the journal impact factor. Li and colleagues 1 endeavored to provide the emergency medicine em counterpart to the article by jagsi et al. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.
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