Gender representation in editorial boards of international general surgery journals
Author(s) -
E Gallivan,
S. Arshad,
H Skinner,
Josh Burke,
Alastair L. Young
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bjs open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.974
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2474-9842
DOI - 10.1093/bjsopen/zraa064
Subject(s) - editorial board , impact factor , gender disparity , demographics , medicine , representation (politics) , ranking (information retrieval) , family medicine , library science , demography , political science , sociology , law , computer science , politics , machine learning
Despite women constituting over half of new doctors, gender disparity remains an issue. Surgery has shown particularly slow progress towards gender parity. This study aimed to quantify gender representation within editorial boards of the highest ranking international general surgery journals.
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