Importance Most pediatricians are women; however, women pediatricians are
underrepresented in academic leadership positions such as department chairs and journal …

Much has been written recently on gender disparities in medicine and the negative
outcomes that result for women. The impetus for examining these disparities is manifold …

Objectives To examine the gender of authors of original research in 3 high-impact pediatric
journals between 2001 and 2016, given the importance of publishing on academic …

Background Participation of women in the medical profession has increased during the past
four decades, but issues of concern persist regarding disparities between the sexes in …

Background Women are underrepresented in medicine despite increases in the percentage
of female physicians. It is unknown if academic productivity contributes to these differences …

BACKGROUND: Despite increasing numbers of women attending medical school and
completing residencies, women continue to lag behind men in academic achievement …

Importance In peer-reviewed medical journals, authoring an invited commentary on an
original article is a recognition of expertise. It has been documented that women author …

Methods| We performed a cross-sectional analysis of all original research articles with co-
first authors of different genders published in 10 journals between January 1, 2005, and …

Context Gender bias has been observed in the authorship and editorship of academic
literature in varied medical specialties. This is important as peer‐reviewed publications, and …

Importance Women are less likely to be promoted and hold leadership positions in
academic medicine. How often academic articles are cited is a key measure of scholarly …