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Gender gap in medical research: a bibliometric study in Swiss university hospitals

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  • Paul Sebo

    (University of Geneva)

  • Sylvain de Lucia

    (Geneva University Hospital)

  • Nathalie Vernaz

    (Geneva University Hospital)

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Several studies explored gender inequalities in research, but only limited data are available concerning general internal medicine and family medicine. We aimed to assess the level of gender inequalities in Swiss academic medical research. In this bibliometric study conducted in March 2020, we selected all senior hospital physicians practicing internal medicine or family medicine in the six Swiss university hospitals. The list of these physicians was extracted from the hospitals’ websites. We recorded their socio-demographic characteristics. Then, using Web of Science, we retrieved the number of publications (overall, as first author, per year, per year as first author), the proportion of publications as first author, the number of citations (overall, per year, per publication) and the h-index, and we compared the data by gender. 367 senior physicians were included in the study [female physicians: 172 (47%), internal medicine: 187 (51%)]. Female physicians were four times less likely to be a professor (5% vs. 20%, p value

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  • Paul Sebo & Sylvain de Lucia & Nathalie Vernaz, 2021. "Gender gap in medical research: a bibliometric study in Swiss university hospitals," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(1), pages 741-755, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:126:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1007_s11192-020-03741-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-020-03741-w
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