Gender-Related Trends in Publication Authorship: A 10-Year Analysis of a Brazilian Surgical Journal

There is a gender gap in the representation of women in the authorship of surgical literature worldwide. In Brazil, data on the gender distribution of the authorship of articles are scarce; and hence, there is a lack of awareness about the contemporary situation of women surgeons within the academic...

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Published in:	Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 13; no. 10; p. e18993
Main Authors:	Motter, Sarah B, Brandão, Gabriela R, Iaroseski, Júlia, Alves, Amanda V, Konopka, Ana Luíza K, de Assis Brasil, Candida M, Silva, Gabriela S, Spadoa, Joana L, Reis, Rosilene J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Palo Alto Cureus Inc 23-10-2021 Cureus
Subjects:	Authorship Females Gender General Surgery Medicine Other Surgery Trends Women Brazil
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Summary:	There is a gender gap in the representation of women in the authorship of surgical literature worldwide. In Brazil, data on the gender distribution of the authorship of articles are scarce; and hence, there is a lack of awareness about the contemporary situation of women surgeons within the academic surgery in the country. In light of this, we conducted this study with an aim to describe and evaluate the authorship trends in a Brazilian surgical journal over a period of 10 years (2010-2019). We included 4,301 authors from 792 articles extracted from 60 editions of this journal. We analyzed the female representation as authors in general, first and last authors, and the female surgeons' representation as first and last authors for 568 original articles. We found that, in general, women represented 27.8% of all authors. Regarding original articles, women surgeons represented 8.4% and 6.1% of first and last authors, respectively. The linear regression analysis demonstrated that there was an increase over the years in women authorship. However, despite this increase over the years, a gender gap still persists in terms of women's representation as authors in the Brazilian surgical literature.
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ISSN:	2168-8184 2168-8184
DOI:	10.7759/cureus.18993