Table 1.
Gender Distribution of all authors in Annals of Emergency Medicine and Academic Emergency Medicine comparing pre-COVID-19 (March 2019 to February 2020) and peri-COVID-19 (March 2020 to February 2021).
| Pre-COVID-19 Authors (%) | Peri-COVID-19 Authors (%) | Chi-squared comparing Pre-COVID-19 to Peri-COVID-19 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Author |
X22 = 1.2 |
||
| Female | 172 (30.2%) | 183 (30.9%) | |
| Male | 373 (65.6%) | 392 (66.1%) | |
| Unknown | 24 (4.2%) | 18 (3.0%) | |
| Last Author⁎ |
X22 = 2.5 |
||
| Female | 113 (22.6%) | 118 (22.8%) | |
| Male | 364 (72.7%) | 385 (74.3%) | |
| Unknown | 24 (4.8%) | 15 (2.9%) | |
| Total Authors | X22 = 4 | ||
| Female | 891 (32.1%) | 1044 (34.2%) | |
| Male | 1765 (63.6%) | 1903 (62.3%) | |
| Unknown | 117 (4.2%) | 108 (3.5%) | |
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When a manuscript has only one author, they were classified as first author and no last author was counted.