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Women Authorship Trends in the Highest-Impact Anesthesiology Journals from 2005 to 2021.
- Source :
- Journal of Women's Health (15409996); May2023, Vol. 32 Issue 5, p592-597, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Background: Although women and men have matriculated into medical schools in similar proportions since the 1980s, recent data indicate that anesthesiology is lagging in gender equity, especially in academic leadership roles.<superscript>1,2</superscript> As promotion in academic medicine is strongly influenced by publications, understanding whether a lack of women authorship is contributing to this gender gap is crucial.<superscript>3,4</superscript> This article aims to assess how woman authorship trends have changed in the last 16 years, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: The five highest impact journals in anesthesia were identified as Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, British Journal of Anaesthesia, Anesthesiology, PAIN, and Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. Number of total authors, including women, men, and unknown gender authors as well as incidence of woman first and/or last author, was documented from articles published in 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, and 2021. Results: This analysis shows that women are gaining representation in anesthesia publications. Overall, there was a statistically significant increase in the total number of women authors and women first and last authorship. However, as of 2021, women still only represented ∼40% of total and first authors and ∼24% of last authors. In addition, increase in first/last woman authorship was not present in all journals when stratified. Conclusion: These journal differences may suggest the editorial evaluation process as a potential source of gender bias. There was a statistically significant relationship between women senior authors and articles with 50% or more women authors, indicating that woman mentorship is contributing to closing equity gap. These data present a starting point for further investigations into gender disparities within anesthesia to continue the forward progression for women in academic medicine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15409996
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Women's Health (15409996)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163612323
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2022.0532