Trends and comparison of female first authorship in high impact medical journals: Observational study (1994-2014)

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 352, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Filardo, Giovanni ^a   Graca, Briget Da ^a   Sass, Danielle M ^a   Pollock, Benjamin D ^a   Smith, Emma B ^b   Martinez, Melissa Ashley Marie ^c  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE; ARCHIVE OF INTERNAL MEDICINE; AUTHOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JAMA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; THE BMJ; THE LANCET; TREND STUDY; WRITING; GLOBAL HEALTH; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960348712     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i847     Document Type: Review

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