The publication gender gap in US academic surgery

BMC Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mueller, Claudia ^a   Wright, Robert ^b   Girod, Sabine ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Hindex; Publication rate; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PUBLISHING; SEXISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIBLIOMETRICS; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLISHING; SEXISM;

EID: 85013460534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12893-017-0211-4     Document Type: Article

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