Gender parity in scientific authorship in a National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre: a bibliometric analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Scientific authorship is a vital marker of achievement in academic careers and gender equity is a key performance metric in research. However, there is little understanding of gender equity in publications in biomedical research centres funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). This study assesses the gender parity in scientific authorship of biomedical research.

Design

Descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective bibliometric study.

Setting

NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).

Data

Data comprised 2409 publications that were either accepted or published between April 2012 and March 2017. The publications were classified as basic science studies, clinical studies (both trial and non-trial studies) and other studies (comments,

SUBMITTER: Shah SGS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7993305 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature