Representation of Women Among Editors in Chief of Leading Medical Journals.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Women remain underrepresented among editors of scientific journals, particularly in senior positions. However, to what extent this applies to medical journals of different specialties remains unclear.

Objective

To investigate the gender distribution of the editors in chief at leading medical journals.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional study of the editors in chief at the top 10 international medical journals of 41 categories related to the medical specialties of the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Journal Citation Reports in 2019.

Main outcomes and measures

Proportion of women as editors in chief.

Results

This study found that, overall, women represented 21% (94 of 44) of the editors in chief, with wide variation across medi

SUBMITTER: Pinho-Gomes AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8427369 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature