Gender Trends in Emergency Medicine Publications

Abstract

Although female authorship remains a minority in EM publications, it has increased significantly in parallel with increases in female participation in EM.

Authorship inflation and author gender in pulmonology research

“…The increase in the average number of authors on pulmonology publications parallels similar increases observed in pharmacy, urology, radiology, orthopedic surgery, and neurology journals [6][7][8][9][10]. In addition, the increase of female lead and main authors was also noted in surgical research, otolaryngology, dermatology, emergency medicine, and gastroenterology [11][12][13][14][15].…”

“…A second pressing matter in authorship is the disparity between male and female authors in medical research. Evidence suggests a gradual approach to equilibrium, with increased representation of female authors observed in surgical research [11], otolaryngology [12], dermatology [13], emergency medicine [14], and gastroenterology [15]. The number of female first authors on studies in three dermatology publications quadrupled over the last three decades [13], and the number of female first authors also quadrupled in otolaryngology studies between 1978 and 1998 [12].…”

Gender Trends in Dental Leadership and Academics: A Twenty‐Two‐Year Observation

“…This is comparable with findings from recent studies in the medical fields. 6,33,[36][37][38][39][40] The studies of medical literature found that the increasing trends of female authorship roughly paralleled increased female participants in their field; 37,39,40 however, female authorships were still considered to be a minority. 36,38,41,42 In our study, the overall proportion of female authorship in the selected journals did not reflect the increasing numbers of women entering the dental education workforce and academia.…”

“…Many studies have evaluated the gender gap in the medical field. [36][37][38][39][40][41][42] These studies found considerable increase in the proportion of female authors in prestigious medical journals over the past thirty years. However, female authors were still in the minority in the academic literature.…”

Gender Disparities in Prosthodontics: Authorship and Leadership, 13 Years of Observation

“…Publication in peer‐reviewed journals is deemed to be an objective assessment of academic productivity, whereas participation in administration is judged to demonstrate leadership in the profession. Many studies have evaluated the gender gap in regards to the number of publications, but most are from the medical literature 1,12–17 . As for female leadership, there was a ninefold increase in the percentage of female deanship in U.S. dental schools from 1985–1986 to 2005–2006; 18,19 however, female involvement is still underrepresented in dentistry.…”