BARCELONA, Spain — Despite the increased presence of women in ophthalmology, a gender gap still exists in publication authorship and the peer review process, according to a study presented here.
“Very recent studies have shown that women-authored articles are less cited, that female ophthalmologists were given less opportunities to gain surgical competence during their training, and that the rate of female senior authorship does not follow the increasing trend of females in the ophthalmology workforce,” Marta Jiménez-García, PhD, said at the European Society of