Disproportionately low authorship by women urologists in sexual medicine journals

Although the push to increase the proportion of women urologists has shown success, there are still significant disparities seen in publication of sexual medicine literature. Potential avenues for improvement include mentorship and targeted institutional support.

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Sexual Medicine
Published
2025-11-03
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https://doi.org/10.1093/sexmed/qfaf095
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Diversity and Career in Medicine
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Disproportionately low authorship by women urologists in sexual medicine journals

Sonam Saxena, Akhil Peta, Sophia Zhang, Simon Gelman et al.
Sexual Medicine
Diversity and Career in Medicine
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Disproportionately low authorship by women urologists in sexual medicine journals

Sonam Saxena, Akhil Peta, Sophia Zhang, Simon Gelman, Mohamed Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, Nolan Holbrook, Sarah Brink, Michael Raver, David Shin, Jamie Chen, Matthew Yang
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Abstract

Although the push to increase the proportion of women urologists has shown success, there are still significant disparities seen in publication of sexual medicine literature. Potential avenues for improvement include mentorship and targeted institutional support.

Sexual MedicineVol. 13(6)
Hackensack University Medical Center (US), Hackensack Meridian Health (US), Center for Discovery (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 54%
Diversity and Career in Medicine
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