Gender equality in academic gastroenterology: a review of gastroenterology literature over four decades

Foley, Clare; Harewood, Gavin C.; Benz, Eileen; Higgins, Luke J.; Gibbons, Eimear; Kelly, S. B.; Cheriyan, Danny

doi:10.1007/s11845-021-02652-w

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“…The underrepresentation of women in the authorship of gastroenterology had been found in previous studies, [ 3 , 5 ] it is remarkable that we find women maintain an even lower representation in the field of gastric cancer than in other fields of gastroenterology. It may reflect that as a subspecialty of gastroenterology, the imbalance of gender ratio is more obvious in gastric cancer.…”

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Gender authorship trends of gastric cancer in the top journals of gastroenterology: A 20-year perspective

Ma,

Huang,

Shi

et al. 2023

Medicine

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Gender authorship trends have been explored in varied medical specialties, and no study had observed in the field of gastric cancer. Therefore, we aimed to access whether the “gender gap” in authorship existed in gastric cancer in the leading gastroenterological journals over the last 2 decades. All original articles published from 2000 to 2020 in 9 leading gastroenterological journals were collected. Information on the first and senior author’s gender, country of author’s institution, and impact factor of journals were collected. Chi-square tests and multivariable logistic regression were used for data analysis. A total of 5785 original articles were included and analyzed, of which 440 (7.61%) were articles on gastric cancer and 5345 (92.39%) covered other topics. Fewer female authors published original articles as first (19.32%, 85/440) and senior authors (14.32%, 63/440) compared with males. Remarkably, a significant increase in female authorship was discovered. The proportion of female first authors grown from 12.99% to 30.89% during the last 20 years (P < .001), but not in senior authors (P = .175). Multivariable logistic analysis showed that female first authors demonstrated a higher percentage when senior authors were female (odds ratio, 2.040; 95% confidence interval, 1.105–3.769). Although a statistically ascending tendency in female first authors on gastric cancer has been going on over the last 20 years, the exorbitant gender gap still exists. This gap may help explain the continued underrepresentation of women within both clinical work and academic research, and prompt us to look further for the underlying causes.

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“…A number of researches have already pointed out this opinion. [4][5][6] Publications in medical journals are considered as an important measurement of productivity in academic and are closely related to the advancement of academics. [4] Indeed, the peer-reviewed original article is the objective benchmark of academic promotion.…”

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Gender authorship trends of gastric cancer in the top journals of gastroenterology: A 20-year perspective

Ma,

Huang,

Shi

et al. 2023

Medicine

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“…Similarly, although only two bibliometric studies reported gender disparity in the authorship of gastroenterology-related clinical trials, higher female representation was observed in the first and last authorship positions among clinical trials published between 1997 and 2017 (21.9% and 12.2%) [44] versus those published between 1971 and 2010 (9% and 8.5%) [43]. Both studies included clinical trials published in specialized journals.…”

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“…Of the included studies, one reported authorship trends in both clinical trials and clinical practice guidelines [39], while more than 15 studies exclusively reported authorship trends in clinical trials [40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53] and 14 reported authorship trends in clinical practice guidelines [54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67].…”

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A Systematic Review of Gender Disparity in the Authorship of Clinical Trials and Clinical Practice Guidelines in Various Medicine Subspecialties

Lohana,

Rahaman,

Mohammed

et al. 2024

Cureus

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Authorship in clinical trials and clinical practice guidelines is considered prestigious and is associated with broader peer recognition. This systematic review investigated female representation among studies reporting authorship trends in clinical trials or clinical practice guidelines in different medicine subspecialties. Our search strategy yielded 836 articles, of which 30 met the inclusion criteria. Our findings indicate that females are severely underrepresented in authorship of clinical trials and clinical practice guidelines. Although the proportions of females may have improved in the past decade, the gains are marginal. Notably, studies in this domain predominantly focus on first/last authorship positions, and whether females are underrepresented in other positions as collaborative partners is currently unknown. Also, authorship trends in clinical trials or clinical practice guidelines of most medicine subspecialties besides cardiovascular medicine remain under-researched. Hence, standardizing the methodology for studying gender disparity in research output for comparative analysis between different subspecialties is as urgent as addressing the gender disparity in authorship.

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Authorship of Italian medical literature on neuroendocrine neoplasms: any gender gap?

Rossi,

La Salvia,

Modica

et al. 2024

J Endocrinol Invest

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Gender equality in academic gastroenterology: a review of gastroenterology literature over four decades

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Gender authorship trends of gastric cancer in the top journals of gastroenterology: A 20-year perspective

Gender authorship trends of gastric cancer in the top journals of gastroenterology: A 20-year perspective

A Systematic Review of Gender Disparity in the Authorship of Clinical Trials and Clinical Practice Guidelines in Various Medicine Subspecialties

Authorship of Italian medical literature on neuroendocrine neoplasms: any gender gap?

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