Gender disparities in multiple myeloma publications

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Aala Dweik¹  Hadeel Dweik¹  Hira Mian²  Meera Mohan³  Carolina Schinke⁴  Samer Al Hadidi⁴ 

[1] Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan;Department of Oncology, McMaster University;Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin;Department of Hematology and Oncology, Myeloma Center, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

关键词: academia;    disparities;    gender;    Multiple myeloma;    publications;   

DOI  :  10.1002/jha2.470

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Gender disparities exist in academia and are disproportionately affecting females. We conducted a cross-sectional study to analyze gender disparities in multiple myeloma (MM) publications. A total of 679 publications with 8898 authorships were analyzed. The mean number of authors for females vs. males, per publication, was 4.4 and 8.7, respectively. Females constituted a third of the total authors. Female first authors, corresponding authors, and last/senior authors were 34%, 21%, and 18%, respectively. Note that, 17% of authors of clinical trial publications were females. Gender disparities in MM publications exist and are more obvious in the last/corresponding authorship. Efforts should be made to identify factors that contribute to these disparities and work to resolve them.

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