Rationale: Gender gaps exist in academic leadership positions in critical care. Peer-
reviewed publications are crucial to career advancement, and yet little is known regarding
gender differences in authorship of critical care research. Objectives: To evaluate gender
differences in authorship of critical care literature. Methods: We used a validated database of
author gender to analyze authorship of critical care articles indexed in PubMed between
2008 and 2018 in 40 frequently cited journals. High-impact journals were defined as those …

Rationale: Despite advances in the representation of women in medical training, persistent
gender gaps exist in academic leadership positions in critical care. Differences in research
productivity, an important metric in academic promotion and tenure, may contribute to this
gender gap. We sought to describe trends in female first-and senior-authorship of critical
care-related publications in the last 10 years. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional
analysis of all original research articles indexed in PubMed between 2008-2018 in 12 …