Comparison of the Proportions of Female and Male Corresponding Authors in Preprint Research Repositories Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Sep 1;3(9):e2020335. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.20335.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses whether there were differences in the proportions of male and female corresponding authors in bioRxiv and medRxiv associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Authorship
  • Betacoronavirus
  • Biomedical Research*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections* / virology
  • Female
  • Gender Identity*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / virology
  • Publishing*
  • Research Personnel*
  • SARS-CoV-2