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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2019 Mar;269(3):582–588. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002667

Table 1.

Univariate analysis of editor qualification metrics by gender across all journals and in three highest-impact

All Journals Top 3
Men
n = 426
Women
n =102
p value Men
n =154
Women
n = 38
p value
H-index <0.0001 <0.0001
N 390 97 154 38
Mean (SD) 27.8 (16.5) 39.3 (22.2) 51.0 (21.4) 36.4 (16.7)
Range 3.0–137.0 4.0–100.0 (3.0–137.0) (10.0–100.0)
Rank 0.0391 0.8845
Missing 3 0 0 0
Professor 275 (71.1%) 55 (56.7%) 139 (90.3%) 34 (89.5%)
Associate professor 86 (22.2%) 31 (32.0%) 15 (9.7%) 4 (10.5%)
Assistant professor 18 (4.7%) 9 (9.3%)
Adjunct/Private 8 (2.1%) 2 (2.1%)
Additional Degrees 0.0036 0.0063
N 389 97 154 38
% additional degree 85(21.9%) 35(36.1%) 17 (44.7%) 35 (22.7%)
Years in Practice 23 (SD11.2) 17 (SD 8.2) <0.001 29 (SD 11.2) 22 (SD 8.7) <0.001