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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2021 Mar 1;116(3):613–616. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001183

Table 2:

Percentage of women editorial board members and authors of editorials, by journal and year

Journal 1985 1990 1995 Year
2000
2005 2010 2015 2020 P value
American Journal of Gastroenterology
% Women editorial board members (n/N) 0.0 (0/19) 11.5 (3/26) 3.7 (1/27) 8.8 (5/57) NA NA NA 8.2 (4/49) 0.59
% Women authors of editorials, (n/N) 0.0 (0/1) 0.0 (0/11) 2.9 (1/35) 15.4 (10/65) 15.2 (7/46) 16.7 (4/24) 0.0 (0/10) 22.2 (2/9) 0.13
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
% Women editorial board members (n/N) NA NA NA NA 10.9 (6/55) 12.5 (7/56) 9.1 (5/55) 13.8 (8/58) 0.78
% Women authors of editorials, (n/N) NA NA NA NA 13.6 (3/22) 5.0 (1/20) 16.1 (14/87) 33.3 (9/18) 0.05
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
% Women editorial board members (n/N) 0.0 (0/11) 0.0 (0/11) 0.0 (0/11) 9.1 (1/11) 12.5 (1/8) 22.2 (2/9) 11.1 (1/9) 11.1 (1/9) 0.06
% Women authors of editorials, (n/N) 0.0 (0/13) 0.0 (0/20) 5.3 (1/19) 8.0 (2/25) 3.4 (2/59) 18.2 (10/55) 13.6 (11/81) 14.5 (9/62) 0.004
Gastroenterology
% Women editorial board members (n/N) 0.0 (0/24) 8.3 (2/24) 10.5 (4/38) 11.4 (5/44) 10.7 (6/56) 11.5 (7/61) 15.1 (19/126) 16.2 (28/173) 0.02
% Women authors of editorials, (n/N) 0.0 (0/32) 0.0 (0/10) 7.7 (5/65) 14.6 (6/41) 20.9 (14/67) 19.8 (16/81) 14.2 (16/113) 33.3 (12/36) 0.003
Hepatology
% Women editorial board members (n/N) 7.8 (4/51) 10.1 (9/89) NA NA 7.7 (6/78) 11.4 (9/79) 18.5 (22/118) 31.5 (40/127) <0.001
% Women authors of editorials, (n/N) 0.0 (0/25) 5.0 (1/20) 8.3 (2/24) 5.6 (2/36) 14.3 (8/56) 20.8 (10/48) 19.3 (23/119) 15.4 (2/11) 0.001
Journal of Hepatology
% Women editorial board members (n/N) 0.0 (0/35) 0 (0/37) 4.4 (3/69) 9.3 (10/108) 12.4 (12/97) 9.7 (12/124) 14.2 (16/113) 20.8 (27/130) <0.001
% Women authors of editorials, (n/N) 0.0 (0/1) 0.0 (0/1) 0.0 (0/9) 10.0 (3/30) 17.5 (10/57) 15.2 (7/46) 13.0 (9/69) 13.3 (2/15) 0.53