Female Editorial Authorship Trends in High-Impact Ophthalmology Journals.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Individuals with perceived experience and expertise are invited by editorial boards to provide commentary through editorials. Female representation among editorialists is not yet defined.

Objective

To determine female representation as editorial authors in 3 high-impact general ophthalmology journals.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study investigates the proportion of female authorship in editorials published between 2005 to 2009 and 2015 to 2019 in 3 journals: Ophthalmology, JAMA Ophthalmology, and American Journal of Ophthalmology. Data were collected from April to June 2020.

Main outcomes and measures

Proportions of female first and senior (last or solo) authors between 2005 to 2009 compared with 2015 to 2019. Secondary out

SUBMITTER: Fathy CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8529415 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature