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. 2015 Jul 25;38(2):203–218. doi: 10.1007/s40614-015-0034-5

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