Trends in Proportion of Women as Authors of Medical Journal Articles, 2008-2018

Kamber L Hart; Roy H Perlis

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0907

Trends in Proportion of Women as Authors of Medical Journal Articles, 2008-2018

JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Sep 1;179(9):1285-1287. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0907.

Authors

Kamber L Hart¹, Roy H Perlis¹

Affiliation

¹ Center for Quantitative Health, Division of Clinical Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This study reviews all articles from 9 specialty and 4 cross-specialty medical journals across a 10-year period to assess trends in authorship, first authorship, and last authorship among women.