Table 1.
Proportion of men and women first authors by degree, journal and year
| Journal | First author position | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| AIM | Women physicians | 10 (21) | 6 (13) | 12 (23) | 12 (24) | 17 (28) |
| Women non-physicians | 6 (13) | 5 (11) | 9 (17) | 5 (10) | 4 (7) | |
| Men physicians | 26 (54) | 27 (59) | 23 (44) | 23 (46) | 32 (53) | |
| Men non-physicians | 6 (13) | 8 (17) | 8 (15) | 10 (20) | 7 (12) | |
| Total articles | 48 | 46 | 52 | 50 | 60 | |
| JAMA | Women physicians | 20 (12) | 27 (13) | 23 (12) | 27 (14) | 27 (18) |
| Women non-physicians | 16 (9) | 18 (8) | 19 (10) | 26 (13) | 21 (14) | |
| Men physicians | 94 (54) | 107 (50) | 108 (58) | 99 (51) | 69 (45) | |
| Men non-physicians | 43 (25) | 64 (30) | 35 (19) | 41 (21) | 37 (24) | |
| Total articles | 173 | 216 | 185 | 193 | 154 | |
| NEJM | Women physicians | 29 (16) | 33 (18) | 24 (13) | 39 (20) | 49 (29) |
| Women non-physicians | 30 (16) | 15 (8) | 37 (21) | 39 (20) | 25 (15) | |
| Men physicians | 85 (45) | 83 (46) | 80 (45) | 76 (39) | 62 (37) | |
| Men non-physicians | 43 (23) | 49 (27) | 38 (21) | 42 (21) | 32 (19) | |
| Total articles | 187 | 180 | 179 | 196 | 168 |
AIM, Annals of Internal Medicine; JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association; NEJM, New England Journal of Medicine.