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Matthew E Purdy1, Brittnee N Zmuda2, Allyson M Owens2
1Department of Internal Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, 1 Jarrett White Rd, Honolulu, HI 96859, USA.
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
|July 6, 2021
Summary
Male physicians in emergency medicine publish more, have higher citation counts, and achieve last authorship more often than female physicians. These gender disparities in research output and impact warrant further investigation.
Area of Science:
- Medical research
- Emergency medicine
- Academic publishing
Background:
- Gender disparities in physician pay and promotion are documented.
- Systematic examination of research output, funding, and authorship in emergency medicine is lacking.
- Hypothesized gender differences in research productivity and impact exist.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate gender differences in research output, impact, authorship, and funding among emergency medicine physicians.
- To analyze publication trends and author metrics across genders in top emergency medicine journals.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional study of articles in top 3 emergency medicine journals (Feb 2015-Feb 2018).
- Comparison of authorship, citation counts, funding attribution, and author h-index by gender.
- Analysis included 4166 original articles and 10,118 authors.
Main Results:
- Females were underrepresented (25.3%) compared to faculty proportions.
- Males were more likely to be last authors (OR 1.65) and less likely first authors (OR 0.85).
- Males had higher h-indexes (5 vs. 3) and more citations (OR 1.068). No funding difference found.
Conclusions:
- Male physicians demonstrate higher research output, impact (citations, h-index), and last authorship.
- Significant gender disparities exist in research productivity and recognition within emergency medicine.
- Future research on gender disparities must consider these quantitative differences.
