The gender gap in first authorship of research papers: Parity of authorship should be a priority for journals, universities, and funding agencies

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 352, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Rexrode, Kathryn M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHOR; CAREER MOBILITY; EDITOR; EDITORIAL; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNIVERSITY; WRITING; FEMALE; TRENDS;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84981484232     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i1130     Document Type: Editorial

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