• Catalina Vidal, Sofía Rivera, Pablo Besa, Verónica Campos, Tomás Gatica, and Tiziana Fernández.
• Departamento de Ortopedia y Traumatología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
• Rev Med Chil. 2022 Sep 1; 150 (9): 118811941188-1194.

BackgroundDespite recent initiatives and efforts, gender inequality still exists in medicine and academia. There is a higher proportion of male authors in international scientific publications.AimTo compare the proportion of female and male authors in the scientific publications of the main medical journals in Chile.Material And MethodsWe reviewed 1,643 Scientific articles published between 2015 and 2020 in two medical journals from Chile. Three authors analyzed the title, abstract, and authors of all published articles, recording the sex of the first author, co-authors, and corresponding author.ResultsThe reviewed articles had a mean of 5.3 authors and there was a significant difference between men and women (a mean of 2.8 men and 2.4 women; p < 0.001). Forty-six percent (n = 761) of the articles had a female first author. In a higher proportion of papers, men completed both positions (1st and corresponding author) simultaneously.ConclusionsThere are fewer female authors in scientific publications. Chile is one of the countries with a high rate of gender gap in the world. The underrepresentation of women in academia is an example of this.

7 keywords...

hide…