Trends in authorship based on gender and nationality in published neuroscience literature

Dubey, Divyanshu; Sawhney, Anshudha; Atluru, Aparna; Amritphale, Amod; Dubey, Archana; Trivedi, Jaya

doi:10.4103/0028-3886.173643

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“…This study contributes to the broader literature on authorship gender in neurology and related fields. A study by Dubey et al examining authorship trends in neuroscience literature reported 29.0% and 17.8% women first and last authors, respectively, in Nature, Neuroscience, and Neuron ( 19 ). Our international sample result mirrors that of Pakpoor's et al ( 8 ) analysis of women authorship in three American neurology journals.…”

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Gender Gap in Neurology Research Authorship (1946–2020)

Nguyen

Yoffe

et al. 2021

Front. Neurol.

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Gender disparity in the field of neurology impedes scientific advancements and innovations. In 2018, 45.0% of neurology and neurological subspecialty residents were women. Despite a notable rise in the proportion of women neurologists over the past decades, inequalities regarding publication proportions between men and women persist in the field. This cohort study examines authorship trends in articles published in 155 international neurology journals, identified as those listed in the annual Journal Citation Reports' “Clinical Neurology” section. Authors' names, authorship positions and countries of affiliation were extracted from PubMed for indexed articles published from 1946 to 2020. Gender-API (a validated and highly accurate application program interface) assigned binary genders to authors. Author gender proportions were compared across subspecialties, authorship position and years. In 303,385 unique articles, 1,663,036 total authors were identified of which 34.1% were women. Neuroradiology demonstrated the lowest proportion of women authors (21.3%), while neurogenetics displayed the highest (44.5%). In articles with multiple authors, both men and women last authors were more likely to publish with a male first author, though this was significantly more pronounced for men last authors (1.86 vs. 1.08; p < 0.001). From 2002 to 2020, women remained in the minority of last (24.6%), first (36.2%), and middle author positions (35.8%). The authorship gender distribution in neurological journals neither reflects the gender proportion of neurologists in the field overall nor in any subspecialty examined. We also find a tendency for senior and junior authors of the same gender to publish together which perpetuates authorship inequity. Further work is needed to identify underlying causes so that interventions might be developed to improve authorship diversity.

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Gender Gap in Neurology Research Authorship (1946–2020)

Nguyen

Yoffe

et al. 2021

Front. Neurol.

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“…However, the proportion seems to be improving over the years. [36][37][38][39][40][41][42] Researchers have also examined the gender order in publications; even when male and female authors stated to have contributed equally, more male authors were in the first position. 43 The strength of the current study is that the current large national survey represents the gender climate based on the responses of vast majority of oncology professionals, including men.…”

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Gender climate in Indian oncology: national survey report

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IntroductionThere is evidence of under-representation of women in leadership roles and publications in oncology. However, there is little knowledge about their perceptions of professional environment, unique challenges and opportunities compared with male counterparts. The problem is more prominent in lower-income and middle-income countries like India and merits exploration.Materials and methodsA survey, ‘Exploratory Study on the Challenges of Female Oncologists in India’, was conducted among oncology professionals. We included questions on demography, working team details, role at work, perceived challenges for advancement of career, gender-related values brought into the team and the measures for improvement of gender disparity. Lead authorship data were collected from two Indian oncology journals.ResultsOf the 324 respondents, 198 (61.1%) were women. Majority of the respondents were medical oncologists (46.3%), ≤45 years old (69.4%) and working in universities and corporate hospitals (71.6%). One hundred eighty-nine (58.3%) respondents worked in teams with male majority, 50 (15.4%) in women-majority teams, while 85 (26.2%) worked in teams with gender equality. Of the 324 respondents, 218 (67.3%) had men managers, while 106 (32.7%) had women managers. Men led 160 (84.7%) male-majority teams; 45 (52.9%) gender-equal teams; and 13 (26%) female-majority teams (p<0.00001). Age >45 years was found to be associated with a leadership role (43% vs 25%, p=0.0012). The most significant barrier perceived for advancement of career for women was finding a work–life balance. Most respondents suggested provision of flexible training programmes to improve the disparity. Of the 558 journal publications inspected, 145 (26%) articles had a female first or corresponding author.ConclusionsThe study brought out the current figures regarding gender climate in oncology practice and academia across India. We identified lead thrust areas and schemes to improve the gender bias. There needs to be action at international, national and personal levels to bring about an efficient gender-neutral workforce.

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“…Notably, medicine had the second greatest rate of authorship growth, behind publications in Physics & Astronomy. 1 Increasing authorship has been independently observed in Pediatric Surgery, 2 Radiology, 3 Radiation Oncology, 4 Neurology, 5 Urology, 6 Sports Medicine, 7 Orthopedics, 8 Psychiatry, 9 and Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) 10 literature, but without systematic comparisons.…”

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Authorship growth in contemporary medical literature

Marchalik

Sherrer

et al. 2020

SAGE Open Medicine

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Objectives: The aims of this study were to investigate authorship trends among publications in high-impact, peer-reviewed specialty journals published within the last decade and to assess how publication practices differ among medical specialties. Methods: The National Institutes of Health’s Portfolio Analysis platform, iCite, was queried for PubMed-indexed case reports, review articles, and original research articles published between 2005 and 2017 in 69 high-impact, clinical journals encompassing 23 medical specialties. Overall, 121,397 peer-reviewed publications were evaluated—of which, 45.1% were original research, 28.7% were review articles, and 26.3% were case reports. Multivariable regression was used to evaluate the magnitude of association of publication year on the number of authors per article by specialty and article type. Results: Original research articles have the greatest increase in authorship (0.23 more authors per article per year), as compared with review articles (0.18 authors per article per year) and case reports (0.01 authors per article per year). Twenty-two of the 23 specialties evaluated had increase in authorship in high-impact specialty journals. Specialty growth rates ranged from 0.42 authors/year (Neurology), Psychiatry (0.35 authors/year), General Surgery (0.29 authors/year), Urology (0.27 authors/year), and Pathology (0.27 authors/year). Specialties with a greater percentage of graduates entering academics had more authors per article; surgical specialties and length of residency were not found to be predictive factors. Conclusion: There has been substantial growth in the authorship bylines of contemporary medical literature, much of which cannot be explained by increased complexity or collaboration alone.

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Trends in authorship based on gender and nationality in published neuroscience literature

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Gender Gap in Neurology Research Authorship (1946–2020)

Gender Gap in Neurology Research Authorship (1946–2020)

Gender climate in Indian oncology: national survey report

Authorship growth in contemporary medical literature

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