Gender Inequalities in Citations of Articles Published in High-Impact General Medical Journals: a Cross-Sectional Study.

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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
Institution
Title
Gender Inequalities in Citations of Articles Published in High-Impact General Medical Journals: a Cross-Sectional Study.
Journal
Journal of general internal medicine
Author(s)
Sebo P., Clair C.
ISSN
1525-1497 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0884-8734
Publication state
Published
Issued date
02/2023
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
38
Number
3
Pages
661-666
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Besides the number of publications, the number of citations is another key metric often used to compare researchers with each other. While women researchers tend to have fewer publications than their men colleagues, the data is scarce for the number of citations. We aimed to determine whether there is a gender gap in citations.
We used Web of Science to retrieve the number of citations per year for all research articles and reviews published between January 2015 and December 2019 in fourteen high-impact general medical journals (impact factor > 5). We used Gender API to identify the gender of the first/last authors. We compared the results by gender using multivariable negative binomial regressions (adjusting for intra-cluster correlations within journals).
The gender of the first/last author was determined for 13,218/13,350 (99%) and 11,894/12,026 (99%) articles, respectively. The proportion of women among first/last authors was 40% and 29%, respectively. The median number of citations per year was 5 (IQR = 11.3) for women and 6.8 (IQR = 17.8) for men for first authors (IRR = 1.5 [95% CI = 1.3-1.8], p value < 0.001), and 6 (IQR = 12.4) and 7.5 (IQR = 17.4) for last authors (IRR = 1.3 [95% CI = 1.2-1.5], p value < 0.001). Articles whose first and last authors were women were the least cited and those whose first and last authors were men were the most cited.
In this cross-sectional study, we found that articles authored by women were cited less often than those authored by men. Further studies are needed to explore the reasons for these gender differences in article citations.
Keywords
Male, Humans, Female, Cross-Sectional Studies, Gender Equity, Periodicals as Topic, Sex Factors, Research Personnel, citation, inequality, publication, researcher, woman
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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14/03/2023 6:50
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