In the article “First and last authorship by gender in emergency medicine publications-
a comparison of 2008 vs 2018,” the authors conclude that women represent 28% of the
academic emergency workforce and are proportionately represented as first authors
[
1
]. However, this both fails to capture key data and further lacks context, leaving
the reader to surmise that a disparity does not exist when this is certainly not the
case.
- Webb John Lukas
- Cambron John
- Xu K. Tom
- Simmons Michael
- Richman Peter
First and last authorship by gender in emergency medicine publications- a comparison
of 2008 vs. 2018.
Am J Emerg Med.
2020 October;
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In Press)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.10.045
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Publication History
Accepted:
December 12,
2020
Received in revised form:
December 12,
2020
Received:
December 6,
2020
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