Table 3.
Percentage of articles with only male, only female, and both male and female subjects
| Human subjects | Decade | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | Total | |
| Only males | 75 | 45 | 31.4 | 20.5 | 13.3 | 4.2 | 16.7 | 21.3 |
| Only females | 0 | 20 | 7.8 | 9 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 0 | 8.7 |
| Males/females | 25 | 35 | 60.8 | 70.5 | 78.9 | 90.2 | 83.3 | 70 |
| Nonhuman subjects | ||||||||
| Only males | 85.7 | 74.2 | 82.9 | 74.1 | 80.3 | 71.4 | 60.9 | 75.2 |
| Only females | 14.3 | 18.2 | 14.6 | 18.5 | 11.5 | 14.3 | 21.7 | 15.8 |
| Males/females | 0 | 7.6 | 2.5 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 14.3 | 17.4 | 9 |