Examining gender bias in regional anesthesia academic publishing: a 50-year bibliometric analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The connection between academic career advancement and publishing research articles is important, as it can impact promotion and compensation decisions. Gender bias in academic publishing is a known issue, with studies showing low numbers in key roles in female representation. This article aims to analyze the ratio of women to men as first and last authors in the Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine (RAPM) journal and explore other factors such as the mentorship effect and representation in regional anesthesia associations.

Main body

We examined the RAPM articles from 1976 to 2023 evaluating the gender of first and last authors. We analyzed the trend over the years and also analyze the subset of original articles. A further analysis was conducted to analyze the rel

SUBMITTER: Mustaj S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10702064 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature