Gender disparities in high-quality dermatology research: a descriptive bibliometric study on scientific authorships.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study aims to elucidate the state of gender equality in high-quality dermatological research by analysing the representation of female authorships from January 2008 to May 2017.

Design

Retrospective, descriptive study.

Setting

113 189 male and female authorships from 23 373 research articles published in 23 dermatological Q1 journals were analysed with the aid of the Gendermetrics Platform.

Results

43.0% of all authorships and 50.2% of the firstauthorships, 43.7% of the coauthorships and 33.1% of the last authorships are held by women. The corresponding female-to-male ORs are 1.41 (95% CI 1.37 to 1.45) for first authorships, 1.07 (95% CI 1.04 to 1.10) for coauthorships and 0.60 (95% CI 0.58 to 0.62) for last authorships. The annual growth

SUBMITTER: Bendels MHK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5905741 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature