Gender gap in research: a bibliometric study of published articles in primary health care and general internal medicine

Seboe, Paul; Maisonneuve, Hubert; Fournier, Jean Pascal

doi:10.1093/fampra/cmz091

Scientific article

English

Gender gap in research: a bibliometric study of published articles in primary health care and general internal medicine

ContributorsSeboe, Paul; Maisonneuve, Hubert; Fournier, Jean Pascal

Published inFamily Practice

Publication date2020

Abstract

Many studies examined gender inequalities in research, but only a few data are available for general biomedical journals. We assessed the prevalence of female first authorship in general biomedical journals and examined its variations across a number of author, article and journal characteristics.

Keywords

Bibliometric study
Family medicine
Female authorship proportion
Gender gap
General internal medicine
Primary health care

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Research group

Médecine interne générale et pédiatrie ambulatoires (968)

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SEBOE, Paul, MAISONNEUVE, Hubert, FOURNIER, Jean Pascal. Gender gap in research: a bibliometric study of published articles in primary health care and general internal medicine. In: Family Practice, 2020. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmz091

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PID : unige:129106
DOI : 10.1093/fampra/cmz091
PMID : 31935279

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ISSN of the journal0263-2136

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Gender gap in research: a bibliometric study of published articles in primary health care and general internal medicine

Many studies examined gender inequalities in research, but only a few data are available for general biomedical journals. We assessed the prevalence of female first authorship in general biomedical journals and examined its variations across a number of author, article and journal characteristics.

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