The increasing female participation in authorship of articles published in neurology in Brazil.
During the past four decades the participation of women in medicine has increased dramatically. This study is focused on the women's participation in authorship of articles published in the Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, the official Journal of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology. The articles were analyzed according to the number of articles and sex of both first and the senior (last) authors. The data were collected from 1945 to 2005. A total of 950 articles were published in this period. The proportion of women serving as first authors increased from 2.8% to 36.6% and the proportion serving as senior authors increased from 2.8% to 23.8% (1945-2005).
Takayanagui
Osvaldo M
OM
Department of Neuroscience and Behaviour, School of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. omtakay@fmrp.usp.br
Livramento
José Antonio
JA
D001319:Authorship; D015706:Bibliometrics; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014930:Women