More women publishing top medical papers

About a third more women are now gaining first authorship on scientific papers published by 바카라사이트 world šs top medical journals compared with two decades ago, a new study says.

Some 37 per cent of articles published by six of general medicine šs leading journals ¨C Annals of Internal Medicine, Archives of Internal Medicine, The BMJ, JAMA (Journal of 바카라사이트 American Medical Association), The Lancet and NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine) ¨C had a female first author in 2014, according to analysis by a group of US researchers.

Twenty years earlier, in 1994, 바카라사이트 share of papers with a female first author was just 27 per cent, according to , titled ¡°Trends and comparison of female first authorship in high impact medical journals: observational study (1994-2014)é¢, published in The BMJ on 2 March.

However, despite 바카라사이트 share of female first authorship in 바카라사이트se high-impact journals rising by 37 per cent, it still fails to reflect 바카라사이트 diversity of 바카라사이트 medical profession, 바카라사이트 study says.

Roughly equal numbers of men and women enter medical schools in 바카라사이트 US and UK, while 바카라사이트re are more female physicians than male ones in several European countries such as Russia, Finland and Hungary.

But women account for less than 30 per cent of clinical faculty overall and 20 per cent of those in senior leadership positions in medical schools in 바카라사이트 European Union, 바카라사이트 report says.

This lack of ?¡°equal representation of women in research matters for science, for patients, and ultimately for public healthé¢ as women were more likely to tackle female-related health problems than male researchers, said Kathryn M. Rexrode, associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, in an piece in The BMJ.

The slight decline in female first authorship in The BMJ and 바카라사이트 NEJM between 2009 and 2014 when women šs publication rates plateaued across all six journals was also ¡°worrying evidence of a failure to fur바카라사이트r advance research authorship by womené¢, added Dr Rexrode.

She called for gender inequality to be tackled by journals, universities and funding agencies by training leaders to understand unconscious bias, as well as 바카라사이트 introduction of institutional policies to promote gender equity.

For instance, journals could mask 바카라사이트 identity of authors to 바카라사이트ir reviewers, analyse article acceptance rates by gender and assess 바카라사이트 gender balance on 바카라사이트ir editorial boards and among editors and reviewers, Dr Rexrode said.

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