Gender and racial differences in first and senior authorship of high-impact critical care randomized controlled trial studies from 2000 to 2022.

Authorship Critical care Ethnic disparities Gender disparities RTCs Racial disparities

Journal

Annals of intensive care
ISSN: 2110-5820
Titre abrégé: Ann Intensive Care
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101562873

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
27 Jun 2023
Historique:
received: 04 02 2023
accepted: 18 06 2023
medline: 27 6 2023
pubmed: 27 6 2023
entrez: 27 6 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Females and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in the first and senior authorships positions of academic publications. This stems from various structural and systemic inequalities and discrimination in the journal peer-review process, as well as educational, institutional, and organizational cultures. A retrospective bibliometric study design was used to investigate the representation of gender and racial/ethnic groups in the authorship of critical care randomized controlled trials in 12 high-impact journals from 2000 to 2022. In the 1398 randomized controlled trials included in this study, only 24.61% of the first authors and 16.6% of the senior authors were female. Although female authorship increased during the study period, authorship was significantly higher for males throughout (Chi-square for trend, p < 0.0001). The educational attainment [χ Persistent gender and racial disparities in high-impact medical and critical care journals underscore the need to revise policies and strategies to encourage greater diversity in critical care research.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Females and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in the first and senior authorships positions of academic publications. This stems from various structural and systemic inequalities and discrimination in the journal peer-review process, as well as educational, institutional, and organizational cultures.
METHODS METHODS
A retrospective bibliometric study design was used to investigate the representation of gender and racial/ethnic groups in the authorship of critical care randomized controlled trials in 12 high-impact journals from 2000 to 2022.
RESULTS RESULTS
In the 1398 randomized controlled trials included in this study, only 24.61% of the first authors and 16.6% of the senior authors were female. Although female authorship increased during the study period, authorship was significantly higher for males throughout (Chi-square for trend, p < 0.0001). The educational attainment [χ
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Persistent gender and racial disparities in high-impact medical and critical care journals underscore the need to revise policies and strategies to encourage greater diversity in critical care research.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37368060
doi: 10.1186/s13613-023-01157-2
pii: 10.1186/s13613-023-01157-2
pmc: PMC10299980
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

56

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Subhash Chander (S)

Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, 281 1st Ave, New York, NY, 10003, USA. subhash.lumhs@gmail.com.

Sindhu Luhana (S)

Department of Medicine, AGA Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

Fnu Sadarat (F)

Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, New York, USA.

Lorenzo Leys (L)

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Mount Sinai West and Morningside, New York, USA.

Om Parkash (O)

Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein, Montefiore Medical Centre, New York, USA.

Roopa Kumari (R)

Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Morningside and West, New York, USA.

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