Gender and editorial authorship in high-impact epidemiology journals

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 188, Issue 12, 2019, Pages 2140-2145

  Qureshi, Riaz ^a   Lê, Jimmy ^a   Li, Tianjing ^a   Ibrahim, Michel ^a   Dickersin, Kay ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

authority; editorial authorship; equality; gender; leadership

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUITY; GENDER; LEADERSHIP; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLISHING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; WRITING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; PUBLICATION;

AUTHORSHIP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85080852700     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwz094     Document Type: Article

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