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

ABSTRACT: 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 pub

SUBMITTER: Ma X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10637474 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature