Woman authorship in pre-print versus peer-reviewed oral health-related publications: A two-year observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Women in oral health science face similar societal issues and challenges as those in other STEMM careers, and gender disparities continue to exist as evidenced by fewer women represented as first and last authors in scientific publications. Pre-prints may serve as a conduit to immediately disseminating one's work, bypassing the arduous peer review process and its associated inherent biases. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to 1] compare the gender of first and last authors in pre-print versus peer reviewed publications, 2] examine the composition of first and last author pairs as stratified by publication type, and 3] examine the correlation between woman authorship and institutional geographic location and publication metrics stratified by publication type.

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SUBMITTER: Rajendran L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8648106 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature