Women Are Underrepresented Among Authors of Retracted Publications: Retrospective Study of 134 Medical Journals.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 37801343.
- Also identified by DOI 10.2196/48529 and PMC identifier 10589828.
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Abstract
We examined the gender distribution of authors of retracted articles in 134 medical journals across 10 disciplines, compared it with the gender distribution of authors of all published articles, and found that women were underrepresented among authors of retracted articles, and, in particular, of articles retracted for misconduct.
Medical subject headings
- Scientific Misconduct
- Periodicals as Topic
- Biomedical Research