Gender Disparities Among Highly Cited Researchers in Biomedicine, 2014-2020

Amrollah Shamsi; Brady Lund; Mohammad Javad Mansourzadeh

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42513

Gender Disparities Among Highly Cited Researchers in Biomedicine, 2014-2020

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jan 4;5(1):e2142513. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42513.

Authors

Amrollah Shamsi¹, Brady Lund², Mohammad Javad Mansourzadeh³

Affiliations

¹ Independent researcher, Bushehr, Iran.
² current PhD candidate, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University, Kansas City, Kansas.
³ Osteoporosis Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines gender disparities in publication citations between men and women among highly cited researchers in the field of biomedicine.

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research / organization & administration*
Biomedical Research / statistics & numerical data*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Publications / statistics & numerical data
Research Personnel / statistics & numerical data*
Sex Distribution*
Sexism