Authorship by gender in anesthesiology journals: a retrospective cross-sectional study for Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Although it is important to recognize gender disparities in publishing to achieve gender diversity, women's authorship in Japan remains unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the percentage and analyze the trends of articles authored and published in anesthesiology journals by Japanese female authors.

Methods

The genders of the first and last authors affiliated with Japanese institutions were surveyed in the Journal of Anesthesia (JA) (1990, 1995, and 2000-2022) and 11 international anesthesiology journals (2010-2022).

Results

We included 845 and 819 original research articles from JA in the analyses of the first and last authors, respectively. The proportion of female first authors significantly increased from 41 (11.7%) out of 351 before 2009 to

SUBMITTER: Kinoshita M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9868495 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature