{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["398(12)"],"submitter":["Fox LC"],"funding":["Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH)"],"pubmed_abstract":["In two recent studies ( https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38652280/ ; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38864907/ ) we bibliometrically analyzed Nobel laureates and top pharmacologists in Germany and found massive underrepresentation of women. In this follow-up study, using www.research.com as a source, gender relations in elite biomedical research were analyzed at a global level. A total of 9791 researchers from 29 countries from the main category of biology and biochemistry were analyzed. The pooled global data set results in a proportion of 14.9% women among the elite researchers; in the individual countries, it ranged from 31.2% (Italy) to 0% (Egypt, Iran, Nigeria; however, only very small sample sizes here). Pharmacology is characterized by lower bibliometric indices than biology and bioc"],"journal":["Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology"],"pagination":["17537-17559"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12678612"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Gender- and discipline-specific bibliometric analysis of elite biomedical scientists: how is pharmacology performing?"],"pmcid":["PMC12678612"],"pubmed_authors":["Seifert R","Fox LC"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Gender- and discipline-specific bibliometric analysis of elite biomedical scientists: how is pharmacology performing?","description":"In two recent studies ( https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38652280/ ; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38864907/ ) we bibliometrically analyzed Nobel laureates and top pharmacologists in Germany and found massive underrepresentation of women. In this follow-up study, using www.research.com as a source, gender relations in elite biomedical research were analyzed at a global level. A total of 9791 researchers from 29 countries from the main category of biology and biochemistry were analyzed. The pooled global data set results in a proportion of 14.9% women among the elite researchers; in the individual countries, it ranged from 31.2% (Italy) to 0% (Egypt, Iran, Nigeria; however, only very small sample sizes here). Pharmacology is characterized by lower bibliometric indices than biology and bioc","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Dec","modification":"2026-06-08T04:57:40.494Z","creation":"2026-06-08T03:09:12.599Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12678612","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40504373"],"doi":["10.1007/s00210-025-04360-z"]}}