Female first and senior authorship in high-impact critical care journals 2005–2024
Despite small but constant growth rates of female representation as first or senior authors in high impact critical care journals over the past 20 years, women remain clearly underrepresented. Given the current rate of change, it will take decades to achieve gender parity. The observed gender disparity in authorships likely reflects underlying gender inequities in critical care career trajectories, highlighting the need for institutional changes.
Authors
- Ursula Felderhoff‐Müser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7765-8893)
- Sandra Greve (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6957-9100)
- Simone Schwarz
- Sandra Horsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2412-7319)
- Nora Bruns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3809-1887)
- Christian Dohna‐Schwake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8973-5406)
- Pia Brensing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7965-8888)
Institutions
- Essen University Hospital (DE)
- Helios Hospital Berlin-Buch (DE)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Critical Care
- Published
- 2025-09-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-025-05649-4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.87