2006
DOI: 10.1056/nejmsa053910
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The “Gender Gap” in Authorship of Academic Medical Literature — A 35-Year Perspective

Abstract: Over the past four decades, the proportion of women among both first and senior physician-authors of original research in the United States has significantly increased. Nevertheless, women still compose a minority of the authors of original research and guest editorials in the journals studied.

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“…For instance, the literature has noted persistent gender gaps in earnings and career outcomes among CEOs, physicians, and university professors (see, for example, Bertrand and Hallock, 2001). Even in professions such as medicine, accounting, and pharmacy, which are viewed as relatively more female-oriented, there are gender differences in salaries and a significant underrepresentation of women in top career positions (Flynn 1996;Goldin and Katz, 2012;Jagsi, 2006). Given the similarity in labor force dynamics in these other sectors, our paper suggests that performance gaps may also be present in these other high-skill professions and could explain the existence of persistent earnings and career gender gaps.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…For instance, the literature has noted persistent gender gaps in earnings and career outcomes among CEOs, physicians, and university professors (see, for example, Bertrand and Hallock, 2001). Even in professions such as medicine, accounting, and pharmacy, which are viewed as relatively more female-oriented, there are gender differences in salaries and a significant underrepresentation of women in top career positions (Flynn 1996;Goldin and Katz, 2012;Jagsi, 2006). Given the similarity in labor force dynamics in these other sectors, our paper suggests that performance gaps may also be present in these other high-skill professions and could explain the existence of persistent earnings and career gender gaps.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Th e gender of authors in publications has been used before as an indicator of gender imbalance (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14). In 2006, the New England Journal of Medicine compared the gender of authors from 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2004 (6).…”
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“…Just as membership in the profession has grown slowly, the number of publications by female authors has also grown slowly and has lagged behind the total number of female physicians (5)(6)(7)(8). Scientifi c publications have noted that the lag is especially prominent for the fi rst (submitting) author and the last (senior) author and appears to cross specialties (internal medicine, family medicine, dermatology, gastroenterology, and surgery) and Western countries (United States, United Kingdom, and Germany) (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14).…”
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“…In a study of faculty members appointed to U. S. medical schools betweeen 1979 and 1981, only 5% of women, as compared with 23% of men, had achieved the rank of full professor; the difference was not fully explained by the number of hours worked or the number of articles published 9 . In 2004, women made up only 19% of associated professor and full professor on the clinical faculties of medical schools 1 . In 2005, 16% of the editorial board members of 16 prominent biomedical journals, including N Engl J Med, Lancet, JAMA, BMJ, Nature Med, and Science were women 8 .…”
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“…In fact, during the past four decades the participation of women in medicine has increased dramatically. In the USA, for example, the proportion of women as authors of articles from six prominent medical journals -N Engl J Med, JAMA, Ann Intern Med, Ann Surg, Obst Gynecol, and J Pediatr -has significatively increased 1 . In this study we focused on the women's participation in authorship of articles published in the Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, the official journal of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology.…”
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