Marie-Laure Charpignon, João Matos, Luis Nakayama, Jack Gallifant, Pia Gabrielle I Alfonso, Marisa Cobanaj, Amelia Fiske, Alexander J Gates, Frances Dominique V Ho, Urvish Jain, Mohammad Kashkooli, Liam G McCoy, Jonathan Shaffer, Naira Link Woite, Leo Anthony Celi
BACKGROUND: Health research that significantly impacts global clinical practice and policy is often published in high-impact factor (IF) medical journals. These outlets play a pivotal role in the worldwide dissemination of novel medical knowledge. However, researchers identifying as women and those affiliated with institutions in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) have been largely underrepresented in high-IF journals across multiple fields of medicine. To evaluate disparities in gender and geographical representation among authors who have published in any of five top general medical journals, we conducted scientometric analyses using a large-scale dataset extracted from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) , Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) , The British Medical Journal (BMJ) , The Lancet , and Nature Medicine ...
March 22, 2024: medRxiv