Women still make up a smaller proportion of first and senior authors of editorial articles in top ophthalmology journals despite growth in recent years, according to an investigation.
Cherie A. Fathy, MD, MPH, and colleagues looked at articles published in Ophthalmology, JAMA Ophthalmology and American Journal of Ophthalmology over two time periods — 2005 to 2009 and 2015 to 2019 — to explore the disparity among authors.
Female first and senior authorship grew by 68% from the first time period (18.1%) to the second (30.4%). But compared with male ophthalmologists, female