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After years of growth, female first authorship in top medical journals has stalled

Beryl Lieff Benderly

A study determined first author’s gender for 3,758 articles published in six top medical journals between 1994 and 2014, finding that “female first authorship increased from 27 percent in 1994 to 37 percent in 2014.” Kathryn Rexrode (Brigham and Women’s) is quoted.

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