Table 1.
Female physician-investigators among first and senior authors of published original research in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics and six US journals (Restricted to authors from U.S. institutions holding an M.D. degree or equivalent for whom sex could be determined) [6].
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2004 | 2010 | 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IJROBP | ||||||
| First Author* | 13/97 (13.4%) | 30/158 (19.0%) | 46/190 (24.2%) | 39/178 (21.9%) | 47/188 (25.0%) | 90/303 (29.7%) |
| Senior* | 3/95 (3.2%) | 8/147 (5.4%) | 24/183 (13.1%) | 27/191 (14.1%) | 34/203 (16.7%) | 77/340 (22.6%) |
| NEJM | ||||||
| First Author* | 14/117 (12.0%) | 23/143 (16.1%) | 23/110 (20.9%) | 13/92 (14.1%) | ||
| Senior* | 3/108 (2.8%) | 11/122 (9.0%) | 13/106 (12.3%) | 11/97 (11.3%) | ||
| JAMA | ||||||
| First author* | 7/151 (4.6%) | 25/125 (20.0%) | 26/121 (21.5%) | 30/113 (26.5%) | ||
| Senior* | 3/128 (2.3%) | 13/102 (12.7%) | 19/115 (16.5%) | 16/118 (13.6%) | ||
| Ann Intern Med | ||||||
| First author* | 8/126 (6.3%) | 13/106 (12.3%) | 15/44 (34.1%) | 17/54 (31.5%) | ||
| Senior* | 4/115 (3.5%) | 4/92 (4.3%) | 11/43 (25.6%) | 7/52 (13.5%) | ||
| Ann Surg | ||||||
| First author* | 7/168 (4.2%) | 7/135 (5.2%) | 13/110 (11.8%) | 15/90 (16.7%) | ||
| Senior* | 1/149 (0.7%) | 1/117 (0.9%) | 2/101 (2.0%) | 6/89 (6.7%) | ||
| Obstet Gynecol | ||||||
| First author* | 13/161 (8.1%) | 45/227 (19.8%) | 62/164 (37.8%) | 61/150 (40.7%) | ||
| Senior* | 6/116 (5.2%) | 29/185 (15.7%) | 41/140 (29.3%) | 37/132 (28.0%) | ||
| J Pediatr | ||||||
| First author* | 18/87 (20.7%) | 24/78 (30.8%) | 30/65 (46.2%) | 42/108 (38.9%) | ||
| Senior* | 8/76 (10.5%) | 11/63 (17.5%) | 20/73 (27.4%) | 35/92 (38.0%) | ||
| Total | ||||||
| First author* | 80/907 (8.8%) | 167/972 (17.2%) | 215/804 (26.7%) | 217/785 (27.6%) | ||
| Senior* | 28/787 (3.5%) | 77/828 (9.3%) | 130/761 (17.1%) | 139/771 (18.0%) |
*
denotes significant trends of increased female authorship.