Striving for gender equity at the<i>Medical Journal of Australia</i>

Dorrigan, Alisha; Zuccala, Elizabeth; Talley, Nick

doi:10.5694/mja2.51642

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“…In 2022, the deputy editor became the editor in chief, the first woman editor in chief of the Red Journal. In Australia, the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) published a themed issue on gender and sexuality in recognition of the key role medical journals play in protecting and advancing the rights and well‐being of women, gender diverse and sexually diverse individuals 31 . In keeping with the theme of the issue, the MJA reflected on the role the journal plays in gender equity and how to promote positive change.…”

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“…In Australia, the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) published a themed issue on gender and sexuality in recognition of the key role medical journals play in protecting and advancing the rights and well-being of women, gender diverse and sexually diverse individuals. 31 In keeping with the theme of the issue, the MJA reflected on the role the journal plays in gender equity and how to promote positive change. The journal made a commitment to move towards ensuring gender balance in author invited to write commissioned articles and to strengthen the peer-review process through improved engagement with women in medicine and research, as well as achieving parity within MJA's editorial advisory group.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The journal made a commitment to move towards ensuring gender balance in author invited to write commissioned articles and to strengthen the peer-review process through improved engagement with women in medicine and research, as well as achieving parity within MJA's editorial advisory group. 31 An important limitation to our study was the binary gender attribution adopted based on author names. We acknowledge that gender is a spectrum and that people define their own gender identity.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In keeping with the theme of the issue, the MJA reflected on the role the journal plays in gender equity and how to promote positive change. The journal made a commitment to move towards ensuring gender balance in author invited to write commissioned articles and to strengthen the peer‐review process through improved engagement with women in medicine and research, as well as achieving parity within MJA's editorial advisory group 31 …”

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confidence: 99%

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Trends in gender of first and senior authors of articles published in JMIRO

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Introduction: Despite progress of women in science and medicine, women remain underrepresented in academic publication. The aim of this study was to evaluate potential gender differences in women authorship in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology (JMIRO). Methods: Gender of the first and senior author of all articles published in JMIRO between 2012 and 2021 were examined. Changes over time and differences among groups were compared using the chi-square test. Results: In total, 1,138 articles were assessed. Women were first and senior authors on 34% and 25% of all articles respectively. The proportion of women as first author was 30%, 41% and 36% for medical imaging (MI), radiation oncology (RO) and combined MI/RO articles respectively. Similarly, the proportion of women as senior author was lower than men at 22%, 32% and 23% for MI, RO and MI/RO articles respectively. Women first authorship over the study period remained stable from 2014 (36%) to 2020 (38%); however, it decreased dramatically in 2021 to 28%. There was a trend of increasing women senior authorship from 2013 (15%) to 2017 (35%) but decreased to 23% in 2021. Conclusion: Over the past 10 years of publications, one in three first authors were women and only one in four senior authors were women. The acknowledgement of this imbalance is the first step to pave the way towards addressing underlying systemic issues related to academic publication and disparities in gender and other inequities.

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“…How is JMIRO changing in the context of these special issues? The Medical Journal of Australia has reported on gender inequity for women in medicine 4 and now recommends that authors of research published in the MJA follow the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines 5 . The American Journal of Radiology has made recommendations for more inclusive language in figure legends and gender descriptors 6 .…”

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JMIRO gender and diversity special issue editorial

2023

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Striving for gender equity at theMedical Journal of Australia

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Trends in gender of first and senior authors of articles published in JMIRO

Trends in gender of first and senior authors of articles published in JMIRO

JMIRO gender and diversity special issue editorial

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