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33rd Annual Scientific Meeting proceedings
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Session: STS and Oncology Short Communications
Date/Time: 06-07-2024 (16:15 - 16:30)
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Location: Auditorium 4
Evaluation of gender disparity in author order for research communications at ECVS Annual Scientific Meetings (2012-2022)
Paczesna A1, Parakh I1, Mackay JRD1, Mackay F1, Bristow P*2, Blacklock K*1, Pratschke KM*1
1Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2Dick White Referrals, Six Mile Bottom, United Kingdom.
Objectives:
Scientific innovation and progress depend on diversity of contribution, however women remain under-represented in scientific publications. In this study, we explore gender distribution for authors of research presentations at ECVS Annual Scientific Meetings from 2012-2022. Logistic regressions were fitted with gender as the response variable.
Methods:
Data was extracted from Conference Programs including presentation title, session information, and author list for each presentation. Authors were assigned a binary gender using ‘Gender API’.
Results:
Across 10 years of the ECVS congress (2012-2022) there were 2137 research presentations and 8833 authors within first, second and senior author positions. Of these, 41% of authors overall were female however this percentage varied with author place. Female authors accounted for 37% of first authors, 48% of second authors and 38% of senior authors. Male authors accounted for 63% of first authors, 52% of second authors and 62% of senior authors. Male authors were more likely to occupy first and senior author positions on research presentations, women were more likely to be second authors.
Conclusions:
Women were under-represented as first and senior authors on research presentations at ECVS Scientific Meetings across the span of a decade. In medical and biological sciences, the credit researchers receive for a publication is typically based on their position in the author list, with first and last author widely considered the most valuable positions. Further research is required to investigate the underlying reasons contributing to this disparity.
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