Closing the gender gap: Increased female authorship in AJR and radiology

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 237-241

  Yun, Eun Joo ^a   Yoon, Dae Young ^a   Kim, Bitna ^a   Moon, Ji Yoon ^a   Yoon, Soo Jeong ^a   Hong, Su Jin ^a   Baek, Sora ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Authorship; Publications; Radiology; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; ITALY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; TREND STUDY; WRITING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84938702006     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.14.14225     Document Type: Article

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