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Meyer A, Streichert T. Towards equal representation - A bibliometric analysis of authorships in Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Chemistry from the United States, Canada, and Europe (2005-2022). Heliyon 2024; 10:e31411. [PMID: 38826703 PMCID: PMC11141379 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2024] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024] Open
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Objectives Although diversity has been demonstrated to benefit research groups, women remain underrepresented in most scientific disciplines, including Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Chemistry. In order to promote diversity and equality in scientific communities, understanding the gender distribution of authorship is crucial. Methods This study included a total of 30,268 Web of Science-listed Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine publications from the United States of America, Canada, and the member countries of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine from 2005 to 2022. In addition to the publication productivity of female and male authors over time, gender-specific publication characteristics and country-specific gender distributions of authorships were examined. Results Overall, publications with female first authors increased by 49 % between 2005 and 2022, averaging 42 % female first authors. Eastern Europe (60 %) and Southern Europe (51 %) had particularly high proportions of female first authors. While female last authorship was the most predictive of female first authorship, with an odds ratio of 2.01 (95 % CI: 1.91-2.12, p < 0.001), only 27 % of last authors were female. Moreover, citation rate was not predictive of female first or last authorship. Conclusion Authorship in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine is moving towards gender parity. This trend is more pronounced for first authors than for last authors. Further research into the citations of female authors in this discipline could be a starting point for increasing the visibility of women researchers in science. Moreover, geographical differences may provide opportunities for future research on gender parity across disciplines.
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- Annika Meyer
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany
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Lawson E, Dambha-Miller H, Hull C. Inclusion and diversity at the BJGP and BJGP Open. BJGP Open 2023; 7:BJGPO.2023.0153. [PMID: 37652715 PMCID: PMC11176683 DOI: 10.3399/bjgpo.2023.0153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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Lavelle A. Female is Not First: the Gender Gap in Publishing Means More Needs to be Done. Pharm Res 2023; 40:2269-2270. [PMID: 37610620 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-023-03591-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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- Amy Lavelle
- PPD Clinical Research, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Richmond, VA, USA.
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Lawson E, Dambha-Miller H, Hull C. Inclusion and diversity at the BJGP and BJGP Open. Br J Gen Pract 2023; 73:393-394. [PMID: 37652719 PMCID: PMC10471345 DOI: 10.3399/bjgp23x734721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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Andacoglu O, Izzy M, Adelmann D, Aguilera V, Becchetti C, Berenguer M, Berlakovich GA, Ghosh S, Giorgakis E, Kemmer N, Lunsford KE, Montasser IF, Montenovo MI, Mrzljak A, Pai SL, Scalera I, Selzner N. Addressing the Burden and Management Strategies for Disparities and Inequities Among Liver Transplant Professionals: The ILTS Experience. Transpl Int 2023; 36:11240. [PMID: 37334014 PMCID: PMC10274575 DOI: 10.3389/ti.2023.11240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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Medical professional environments are becoming increasingly multicultural, international, and diverse in terms of its specialists. Many transplant professionals face challenges related to gender, sexual orientation or racial background in their work environment or experience inequities involving access to leadership positions, professional promotion, and compensation. These circumstances not infrequently become a major source of work-related stress and burnout for these disadvantaged, under-represented transplant professionals. In this review, we aim to 1) discuss the current perceptions regarding disparities among liver transplant providers 2) outline the burden and impact of disparities and inequities in the liver transplant workforce 3) propose potential solutions and role of professional societies to mitigate inequities and maximize inclusion within the transplant community.
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- Oya Andacoglu
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, UCSF School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, IIS La Fe and CIBER-EHD, University of Valencia, Universitary and Politecnic Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, IIS La Fe and CIBER-EHD, University of Valencia, Universitary and Politecnic Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Narayana Health, Narayana, India
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- Department of Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant and HPB Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States
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- Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, United States
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- Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant, University Hospital Policlinic of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Ajmera Transplant Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Carpenter AJ. We All Bleed Red: Achieving Equity Will Require That Understanding. Ann Thorac Surg 2023; 115:1050-1051. [PMID: 35718203 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Andrea J Carpenter
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr, MC 7841, San Antonio, TX 78229.
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Binder WD, Kenefick RW, Rodway GW, Spano SJ. Changing Times and Shifting Priorities: Promoting Gender Equity at Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. Wilderness Environ Med 2023; 34:3-4. [PMID: 36931738 DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2023.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
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Carrillo MJ, Martín U, Bacigalupe A. Gender Inequalities in Publications about COVID-19 in Spain: Authorship and Sex-Disaggregated Data. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:2025. [PMID: 36767391 PMCID: PMC9916323 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20032025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Gender inequalities in biomedical literature have been widely reported in authorship as well as the scarcity of results that are stratified by sex in the studies. We conducted a bibliometric review of articles on COVID-19 published in the main Spanish medical journals between April 2020 and May 2021. The purpose of this study was to analyse differences in authorship order and composition by sex and their evolution over time, as well as the frequency of sex-disaggregated empirical results and its relationship with the author sex in articles on COVID-19 in the main Spanish biomedical journals. We identified 914 articles and 4921 authors, 57.5% men and 42.5% women. Women accounted for 36.7% of first authors and for 33.7% of last authors. Monthly variation in authorship over the course of the pandemic indicates that women were always less likely to publish as first authors. Only 1.0% of the articles broke down empirical results by sex. Disaggregation of results by sex was significantly more frequent when women were first authors and when women were the majority in the authorship. It is important to make gender inequalities visible in scientific dissemination and to promote gender-sensitive research, which can help to reduce gender bias in clinical studies as well as to design public policies for post-pandemic recovery that are more gender-equitable.
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- Marta Jiménez Carrillo
- Social Determinants of Health and Demographic Change, Opik Research Group, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48080 Leioa, Spain
- Doctoral Program in Public Health, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48080 Leioa, Spain
- Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48080 Leioa, Spain
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- Social Determinants of Health and Demographic Change, Opik Research Group, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48080 Leioa, Spain
- Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48080 Leioa, Spain
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- Social Determinants of Health and Demographic Change, Opik Research Group, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48080 Leioa, Spain
- Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48080 Leioa, Spain
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Román Gálvez MR, Riquelme-Gallego B, del Carmen Segovia-García M, Gavilán-Cabello D, Khan KS, Bueno-Cavanillas A. Variations in Author Gender in Obstetrics Disease Prevalence Literature: A Systematic Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 20:727. [PMID: 36613057 PMCID: PMC9819007 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20010727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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This systematic review aims to evaluate gender differences in authorship of prevalence literature concerning intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). GDM studies were matched for publication year and study country as a gender-neutral obstetric disease with similar morbidity to IPV. Relevant studies were captured without language restrictions via online searches of PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science from database inception to January 2022. Proportion of female authors and gender of the first and corresponding author were outcome measures. Multivariable regression models were built to examine if female authors featured more or less often in IPV during pregnancy and GDM literature adjusting by the influence of type of study, country's human development index (HDI), year of publication and journal's impact factor. 137 IPV-GDM studies pairs were included. Female authors in IPV studies were slightly lower than in GDM [59.7%, 95% CI 54.7-64.7, vs. 54.9%, 95% CI 50.7-59.1, p = 0.204]. Studies published in high-income countries were more likely to be signed by a woman as first and corresponding author (Odds Ratio 2.22, 95% CI 1.20; 4.11, p = 0.011 and Odds Ratio 2.24, CI 1.22; 4.10, p = 0.009 respectively) and proportion of women as corresponding authors decreased as the journal impact factor increased (β = 0.62, 95% CI 0.37, 1.05, p = 0.075). There is a gender gap in the field of prevalence research in IPV during pregnancy with variations according to the level of development. International programs aimed at eradicating these inequalities are needed.
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- María Rosario Román Gálvez
- Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
- Unidad Asistencial Churriana de la Vega, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Churriana de la Vega, 18194 Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada ibs, 18014 Granada, Spain
- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada ibs, 18014 Granada, Spain
- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Marion Pepper
- Department of Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Tracy DK, Joyce DW, Albertson DN, Shergill SS. Kaleidoscope. Br J Psychiatry 2022. [PMID: 35718353 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2022.75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Tanne JH. White male authors still dominate top academic medical publishing, two studies report. BMJ 2022; 377:o1044. [PMID: 35470229 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.o1044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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