Factors associated with women authorship over 25 years in high-impact critical care randomized controlled trials: the pipeline is still leaking
Although the proportion of women in authorship has risen over 25 years, women are still widely underrepresented in the authors of high-impact RCTs, especially as first and senior authors. This underrepresentation is exacerbated in Europe, in trials with mortality as primary outcome, on ventilation, or endorsed by a study group. This illustrates the "leaky pipeline" framework: women are still excluded from the highest-level of critical care research.
Authors
- Joris Pensier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3525-0128)
- Julie Carr
- Audrey De Jong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3413-2752)
- Inès Lakbar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0049-6248)
- Mathieu Capdevila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9585-4521)
- Samir Jaber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7257-8069)
- Karolina Griffiths (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1801-1544)
- David Costa
- Clémence De Caumia-Baillenx
- Antoine De Caumia-Baillenx
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier (FR)
- Institute for Neurosciences of Montpellier (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Critical Care
- Published
- 2025-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-025-05627-w
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.87