TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender analysis of Journal of Perinatology authorship during COVID-19
AU - Gadek, Lauren
AU - Dammann, Christiane
AU - Savich, Renate
AU - Mmuo-Oji, Christiana
AU - Barrera, Leonardo
AU - Gallagher, Patrick G.
AU - Machut, Kerri
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.
PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - Objective: To examine authorship gender distributions before and during COVID-19 in the Journal of Perinatology. Study design: We collected data from the Journal of Perinatology website. The author gender was determined using Genderize.io or a systematic internet search. Our primary outcome was the difference between the number of published articles authored by women during the pandemic period (March 2020-May 2021, period two), compared with the preceding 15-month period (period one). We analyzed the data using chi-square tests. Results: Publications increased from period one to two by 8.9%. There were slightly more female than male first (62%) and overall (53%) authors, but fewer last authors (43%) for the combined time periods. Female authorship distribution was not different between periods. Conclusions: Though publications increased overall, authorship gender distribution did not change significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Women authors remain underrepresented overall and specifically as last author, considering the majority of neonatologists are women.
AB - Objective: To examine authorship gender distributions before and during COVID-19 in the Journal of Perinatology. Study design: We collected data from the Journal of Perinatology website. The author gender was determined using Genderize.io or a systematic internet search. Our primary outcome was the difference between the number of published articles authored by women during the pandemic period (March 2020-May 2021, period two), compared with the preceding 15-month period (period one). We analyzed the data using chi-square tests. Results: Publications increased from period one to two by 8.9%. There were slightly more female than male first (62%) and overall (53%) authors, but fewer last authors (43%) for the combined time periods. Female authorship distribution was not different between periods. Conclusions: Though publications increased overall, authorship gender distribution did not change significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Women authors remain underrepresented overall and specifically as last author, considering the majority of neonatologists are women.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41372-022-01551-x
DO - 10.1038/s41372-022-01551-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 36335276
AN - SCOPUS:85141424995
SN - 0743-8346
VL - 43
SP - 518
EP - 522
JO - Journal of Perinatology
JF - Journal of Perinatology
IS - 4
ER -