Posted by Małgorzata Konieczyńska, Elżbieta Paszek, Maciej Polak, Anetta Undas
DOI: 10.33963/v.phj.100772
Pubmed: 38845425
Pol Heart J 2024;82(6):647-650.
Link to the Short communication article
Still in 2024, women remain underrepresented and face significant professional challenges in the field of cardiology. Despite the progressive increase in the percentage of women graduating from medical schools, they have less chance of being promoted to higher positions in academic medicine and are less often recognized as experts and leaders. Consequently, they are less likely to be the authors of published articles, guidelines, or clinical trials.
Excerpt citing Namsor :
Given a growing number of foreign authors, their sex was classified using the Namsor application (Namsor, Versailles, France), which indicated gender based on the first name, using data from 249 countries, 22 regions, and 22 alphabets. Moreover, we extracted original articles and categorized them into pediatric and adult cardiology. The latter category was further divided into interventional cardiology (vascular interventions, electrocardiology, structural interventions, and cardiovascular surgery) and non-interventional cardiology to evaluate gender disparities in the topics covered by the articles published.
Caption by DALL-E : illustration for the article titled “Women in leading positions among authors in cardiology papers: Is the gender gap closing?” It reflects the theme of women leadership in cardiology.
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