The Gender Gap in Surgical Literature: Are We Making Progress?

The percentage of women in surgical leadership roles is not commensurate with percent of women in field of surgery. Citation indexes are used as proxy for scholarly impact and may serve as an indicator of women's progress in academic surgery. We aimed to evaluate gender disparities in authorship of surgery manuscripts in high-impact journals.
Source: Journal of Surgical Research - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Education and Career Development Source Type: research