A Decade in Review: Trends in Female Authorship in Peer-Reviewed Toxicology Journals.

IF 2.5 4区医学 Q3 TOXICOLOGY

Journal of Medical Toxicology Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-30 DOI:10.1007/s13181-023-00975-x

Jennifer S Love, George T Loo, Lauren Murphy, Courtney Temple, Meghan B Spyres, Alex F Manini, Ayrn D O'Connor

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Abstract

Background: Gender diversity in both emergency medicine and medical toxicology has grown over the last decade. However, disparities in promotion, awards, and speakership still exist. No studies have examined gender disparities in authorship in medical toxicology journals.

Research questions: Does the proportion of female first authors and female senior authors in medical toxicology publications increase over time? What factors predict female authorship in the first author or last author positions in two major medical toxicology journals?

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of all non-abstract publications in two medical toxicology journals, Clinical Toxicology and Journal of Medical Toxicology, between 2011 and 2020. We collected author names, number of authors, publication type, and publication year. Author names were used to identify author gender using Gender-API integrative tool. Data on the percentages of female medical toxicology fellows and medical toxicologists was provided by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM).

Results: A total of 2212 publications were reviewed and 2171 (97.9%) were included in the dataset. Overall, 31.7% of first authors were identified as female and 67.0% were identified as male by the Gender-API tool. There were 46.8% male-male author dyads, 24.2% female-male author dyads, 12.1% male-female author dyads, and 5.7% female-female author dyads. Predictors of female first authorship included research and case report articles, and percentage of ABEM female toxicologists. Predictors of female senior authorship included number of authors and percentage of ABEM female toxicologists. The proportion of female authorship in both categories increased over the study period.

Conclusions: The frequency of female authorship in the first author position has grown over the last decade and is associated with increasing female representation in medical toxicology and specific manuscript subtypes, specifically research manuscripts.

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十年回顾：同行评议毒理学期刊中女性作者的趋势。

背景：在过去十年中，急诊医学和医学毒理学领域的性别多样性都有所增长。然而，在晋升、获奖和担任发言人方面仍存在差距。目前还没有研究对医学毒理学期刊中作者的性别差异进行调查：女性第一作者和女性资深作者在医学毒理学出版物中的比例是否会随着时间的推移而增加？在两本主要的医学毒理学期刊中，女性第一作者或最后作者的比例会受到哪些因素的影响？我们对2011年至2020年间在《临床毒理学》和《医学毒理学杂志》这两本医学毒理学杂志上发表的所有非摘要论文进行了回顾性研究。我们收集了作者姓名、作者人数、发表类型和发表年份。使用性别-API 集成工具对作者姓名进行性别识别。美国急诊医学委员会（ABEM）提供了女性医学毒理学研究员和医学毒理学专家的比例数据：结果：共审查了 2212 篇论文，其中 2171 篇（97.9%）被纳入数据集。总体而言，通过性别-API工具，31.7%的第一作者为女性，67.0%的第一作者为男性。男性作者占 46.8%，女性作者占 24.2%，男性作者占 12.1%，女性作者占 5.7%。女性第一作者的预测因素包括研究和病例报告文章，以及 ABEM 女性毒理学家的百分比。女性资深作者的预测因素包括作者人数和 ABEM 女性毒理学家的比例。在研究期间，两类文章中女性作者的比例都有所增加：结论：在过去十年中，第一作者中女性作者的比例有所增加，这与医学毒理学领域女性代表的增加以及特定稿件亚类型（尤其是研究性稿件）的增加有关。

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Journal of Medical Toxicology TOXICOLOGY-

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5.40

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10.30%

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期刊介绍： Journal of Medical Toxicology (JMT) is a peer-reviewed medical journal dedicated to advances in clinical toxicology, focusing on the diagnosis, management, and prevention of poisoning and other adverse health effects resulting from medications, chemicals, occupational and environmental substances, and biological hazards. As the official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT), JMT is managed by an editorial board of clinicians as well as scientists and thus publishes research that is relevant to medical toxicologists, emergency physicians, critical care specialists, pediatricians, pre-hospital providers, occupational physicians, substance abuse experts, veterinary toxicologists, and policy makers. JMT articles generate considerable interest in the lay media, with 2016 JMT articles cited by various social media sites, the Boston Globe, and the Washington Post among others. For questions or comments about the journal, please contact jmtinfo@acmt.net. For questions or comments about the journal, please contact jmtinfo@acmt.net.