Underrepresentation of Women on Radiology Editorial Boards

Jalilianhasanpour, Rozita; Charkhchi, Paniz; Mirbolouk, Mohammadhassan; Yousem, David M.

doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2018.08.017

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“…Specifically, participation in formal research training during residency is associated with decisions to pursue academic medicine and increases the likelihood of full-time faculty appointments for both genders [11]. Therefore, our results showing lower number of scientific publications in journals of women radiology trainees compared to their male counterparts support the findings of previous studies on gender differences in academic radiology after residency, including low number of women radiologists publishing as first or last authors and inadequate involvement of women in editorial boards of radiology journals [6, 7].…”

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“…However, radiology remains a male-dominated specialty in most countries with less than a third of women enrolled in radiology training or holding academic positions in the USA [3–5]. Furthermore, only 22–32% of women radiologists publish as first or last authors in radiology journals [6], only 13.7% of women are part of editorial boards in radiology journals [7], and, until today, no woman has been appointed as editor-in-chief of the main radiology journals in the last 16 years [8]. This is of concern because increased gender diversity helps to foster a more creative, productive, egalitarian, and innovative environment [8, 9].…”

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Gender discrepancy in research activities during radiology residency

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ObjectiveTo investigate the presence of gender disparity in academic involvement during radiology residency and to identify and characterize any gender differences in perceived barriers for conducting research.MethodsAn international call for participation in an online survey was promoted via social media and through multiple international and national radiological societies. A 35-question survey invited radiology trainees worldwide to answer questions regarding exposure and barriers to academic radiology during their training. Gender differences in response proportions were analyzed using either Fisher’s exact or chi-squared tests.ResultsEight hundred fifty-eight participants (438 men, 420 women) from Europe (432), Asia (241), North and South America (144), Africa (37), and Oceania (4) completed the survey. Fewer women radiology residents were involved in research during residency (44.3%, 186/420 vs 59.4%, 260/438; p ≤ 0.0001) and had fewer published original articles (27.9%, 117/420 vs. 40.2%, 176/438; p = 0.001).Women were more likely to declare gender as a barrier to research (24.3%, 102/420 vs. 6.8%, 30/438; p < 0.0001) and lacked mentorship/support from faculty (65%, 273/420 vs. 55.7%, 244/438; p = 0.0055). Men were more likely to declare a lack of time (60.3%, 264/438 vs. 50.7%, 213/420; p = 0.0049) and lack of personal interest (21%, 92/438 vs. 13.6%, 57/420, p = 0.0041) in conducting research.ConclusionFewer women were involved in academic activities during radiology residency, resulting in fewer original published studies compared to their men counterparts. This is indicative of an inherent gender imbalance. Lack of mentorship reported by women radiologists was a main barrier to research.

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Gender discrepancy in research activities during radiology residency

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“…Our findings are consistent with other studies, both within family medicine and other specialties. 6,7,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]8,[26][27][28][29][33][34][35][36][37][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] This raises the question of why there are not comparable increases in the percentage of women in leadership. 40 There are signs of a narrowing gap between the genders within academic family medicine: this study shows better representation in senior authorship, which echoes the AAMC data on academic rank (Figure 1).…”

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“…31,32 Multiple studies in other fields, including otolaryngology, psychiatry, women's health, and dermatology, demonstrate that women are also underrepresented on editorial boards. [33][34][35][36][37] The percentage of women family physicians rose from 30.5% in 2002 to 44% in 2017, a trend that is likely to continue as 54% of family ORIGINAL ARTICLES medicine residents were women in 2017. 4,38 Previous research by Schrager et al published in 2011 showed that within a 3-year time frame from 2006 to 2008, only one-third of published original research in family medicine was authored by women, despite comprising 44% of faculty positions.…”

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Gender Differences in Authorship of Family Medicine Publications, 2002-2017

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Chung

et al. 2021

Fam Med

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Background and Objectives: Representation of women in medicine is increasing, including in academic family medicine. Despite this, women continue to hold a minority of senior faculty and leadership roles. This study examines the trends of women first and senior authorship between 2002 and 2017 in five family medicine journals: Family Medicine, Journal of Family Practice, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, Annals of Family Medicine, and American Family Physician. The study also examines gender congruence between first and senior authors and women’s membership on editorial boards. Methods: We collected and analyzed data on a total of 1,671 original articles published in the five family medicine journals in 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017. We also examined the gender composition of the journals’ editorial boards. Results: Overall, women first authorship increased significantly from 32.6% in 2002 to 47.7% in 2017. There was no significant difference in women senior authorship or editorial board representation from 2002 to 2017. Both men and women senior authors partnered with women first authors significantly more over the 15 years. Conclusions: While there was a statistically significant increase in women first authors between 2002 and 2017, there is still a gap between women’s authorship and editorial board representation and their representation within academic family medicine. These gaps could help to explain the continued lack of women represented within senior faculty positions.

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“…Without these opportunities, women medical students may be less familiar with and less likely to pursue the fields of radiology and radiation oncology. New pipeline initiatives should be considered to continue to combat the long-standing underrepresentation of women in radiology [18][19][20] and overcome this new challenge.…”

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confidence: 99%