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Gender Trends in Emergency Medicine Publications
Author(s) -
Li Siu Fai,
Latib Nashat,
Kwong Angela,
Zinzuwadia Shreni,
Cowan Ethan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1197/j.aem.2007.08.009
Subject(s) - medicine , annals , emergency medicine , family medicine , emergency department , psychiatry , ancient history , history
Background In recent years, the number of women entering the field of emergency medicine (EM) has increased. Objectives To determine if authorship in EM publications has increased in parallel with this trend. Methods The gender of first and last authors of EM articles in Academic Emergency Medicine , American Journal of Emergency Medicine , Annals of Emergency Medicine , and Journal of Emergency Medicine were examined. The authors reviewed articles from 1985, 1995, and 2005 for American Journal of Emergency Medicine , Annals of Emergency Medicine , and Journal of Emergency Medicine and from 1999 and 2005 for Academic Emergency Medicine . The primary outcomes were the proportions of female authors. Results A total of 2,016 articles were reviewed. Overall, 18% of first and last authors were female. Respectively, for 1985, 1995, 1999, and 2005, the proportions of female first authors were 9%, 15%, 19%, and 24%; the proportions of female last authors were 9%, 18%, 19%, and 22%. The trend of increases in female authorship was statistically significant. Conclusions Although female authorship remains a minority in EM publications, it has increased significantly in parallel with increases in female participation in EM.