Gender disparities in high-quality dermatology research: A descriptive bibliometric study on scientific authorships

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Bendels, Michael H K ^a   Dietz, Michelle Cathrin ^a   Brüggmann, Dörthe ^a   Oremek, Gerhard Maximilian ^a   Schöffel, Norman ^a   Groneberg, David A ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

career; citations; odds ratio; prestige; productivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PRODUCTIVITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIENTIST; WRITING; BIBLIOMETRICS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SEX FACTOR;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MALE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85057265937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020089     Document Type: Article

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