TY  - JOUR
A1  - Böhme, Katja
A1  - Klingelhöfer, Doris
A1  - Groneberg, Jan David Alexander
A1  - Bendels, Michael H. K.
T1  - Gender disparities in pediatric research: a descriptive bibliometric study on scientific authorships
T2  - Pediatric research
N2  - Background: The proportion of women in medicine, especially in pediatrics, is noticeably increasing. Yet, leadership positions are predominantly occupied by men.
Methods: Academic authorships of 156,642 pediatric original research articles were analyzed with regard to gender disparities. The evaluation included the proportion of female authorships (FAP), distributions over first-, co- and last-authorships, gender-related citation rates, a productivity analysis and investigations on journals, countries and pediatric sub-disciplines.
Results: In all, 46.6% of all authorships in pediatric research were held by female authors. Women held relatively more first-authorships (FAP = 52%) and had higher odds for first- (OR = 1.3) and co- (OR = 1.11) authorships, compared to men. The Prestige Index of −0.13 indicated an underrepresentation of female authors at prestigious first- and last-authorships. Citation rates were not affected by the gender of the key authors. At the country-level pronounced gender-related differences were detected. The time trend showed increasing female prospects forecasting a female-dominated Prestige Index of 0.05 in 2023.
Conclusion: The integration of women in pediatric research has advanced. Opportunities for female authors differ at the country-level, but overall women are lacking in leadership positions. Improving career opportunities for women in pediatric research can be expected in the coming years.
Impact: There is a measurable progress in the integration of female scientists.
Gender-neutrality is partially achieved in pediatric research with yet a female underrepresentation in leading positions.
Our descriptive study presents gender-related dynamics in pediatric research that forecast improving career opportunities for female scientists.
Y1  - 2022
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/69513
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-695137
SN  - 1530-0447
N1  - Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
VL  - 92
IS  - 1
SP  - 80
EP  - 90
PB  - Nature Publishing Group
CY  - London [u.a.]
ER  -