COVID-19 and Gender Differences in Family Medicine Scholarship

Katherine M. Wright; Santina Wheat; Deborah S. Clements; Deborah L Edberg

doi:10.1370/AFM.2756

COVID-19 and Gender Differences in Family Medicine Scholarship

Katherine M. Wright^*, Santina Wheat, Deborah S. Clements, Deborah L Edberg

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Family and Community Medicine

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This bibliometric analysis seeks to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted submission rates to Annals of Family Medicine by gender. Women represented 46.3% of all manuscript submissions included in our study (n = 1,964/4,238), spanning from January 1, 2015 to July 15, 2020. The overall volume of submissions increased during COVID-19 in comparison to pre-pandemic months; however, this increase was not evenly distributed among men and women (122% increase vs 101% increase, respectively). In the early months of the pandemic, 244 submissions were authored by men (58.5%), and 173 submissions were authored by women (41.5%). The gap in women’s submission rates is troubling, as it suggests they may be at greater risk of falling behind male colleagues during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	32-34
Number of pages	3
Journal	Annals of family medicine
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1370/AFM.2756
State	Published - Jan 1 2022

Keywords

authorship
bibliometrics
disparities
gender
scholarly productivity
women

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Family Practice

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