Gender Disparity in Citations in High-Impact Journal Articles.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Women are less likely to be promoted and hold leadership positions in academic medicine. How often academic articles are cited is a key measure of scholarly impact and frequently assessed for professional advancement; however, it is unknown whether peer-reviewed articles written by men and women are cited differently.

Objective

To evaluate whether academic articles from high-impact medical journals written by men and women are cited differently.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cross-sectional study of all original research and commentary articles from 5 high-impact medical journals (Annals of Internal Medicine, British Medical Journal, JAMA, JAMA Internal Medicine, and The New England Journal of Medicine) from 2015 to 2018, the gender of the prima

SUBMITTER: Chatterjee P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8254129 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature