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[Gender aspects of psychiatric publications]
Marion Freidl1, Annemarie Unger, Benjamin Vyssoki
1Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Medizinische Universität Wien. marion.freidl@meduniwien.ac.at
Objective:
Are authors of German language psychiatric journals more often male or female? Are there gender differences regarding scientific topics?
Methods:
Analysis of publications of two German-language journals (Neuropsychiatrie, Psychiatrische Praxis) for the period 2008-2009.
Results:
We could not find any gender differences concerning the number of first authors, but the number of male co-authors was nearly double as high as of female co-authors. Qualitative research methods were used more often by female researchers, but there were no significant differences regarding scientific topics.
Conclusions:
Overall, we found fewer gender differences than expected concerning authorship.
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