Objective: This study evaluates the distribution of authorship by sex over the last 10 years
among the top 25 surgical journals. Summary of Background Data: Despite an increase in …

OBJECTIVE: Recent studies have reported gender differences in research grant
applications and funding outcomes for medical school faculty. Our goal was to determine …

OBJECTIVE A meta-analysis was performed to understand disparities in the representation
of female authorship within the neurosurgical literature and implications for career …

Background Career prospects in academic medicine are strongly linked to scientific
authorship and this marker has been widely used as an indicator of gender equity in …

Objective To identify contemporary trends in female authorship in the otolaryngology
literature. Study Design Analysis of 4 otolaryngology journals. Setting All articles published …

Objectives Although diversity has been demonstrated to benefit research groups, women
remain underrepresented in most scientific disciplines, including Laboratory Medicine and …

Methods We conducted a matched case-controlled study of a cohort of pediatric residents
who graduated between the 2001 and 2005 academic years from the Children's Hospital at …

Importance Women remain underrepresented among editors of scientific journals,
particularly in senior positions. However, to what extent this applies to medical journals of …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine whether disparities in promotion and
academic productivity exist within academic pediatric dentistry. Methods: The top 15 schools …

In this issue (see pages 877 to 882) Dr. H. Dele Davies and associates examine how a
sample of pediatric department chairs and faculty deans' offices perceive the involvement of …