Division of Computational Medicine, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany.
J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;70(4):1143-1152. doi: 10.3233/JAD-190216.
Alzheimer's disease and dementia are an increasing burden affecting more than 50 million patients worldwide. Hence, research has increased significantly in recent decades. It is recognized that female authors are systematically underrepresented in research in general.
In this article, we examine gender disparities in academic research on dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the last decade.
104,858 male and female authorships from 37,961 original research articles were analyzed. The global and country-specific distribution of women across first, co, and last authorships was determined with the inclusion of a citation and productivity analysis.
42.1% of all authorships and 50.2% of the first, 42.2% of the co, and 32.8% of the last authorships were held by women. Women were less commonly cited, published fewer articles and were also less likely to secure prestigious authorships in articles with multiple authors compared with men. Distinct differences were observed among the countries.
Substantial growth in the number of prestigious female authorships has been observed to date and is predicted to continue in the future, with an emphasis on the progressive representation of women and a diminishing gender gap.
阿尔茨海默病和痴呆症是一种日益严重的负担，影响着全球超过 5000 万名患者。因此，近几十年来，相关研究显著增加。人们认识到，女性作者在一般研究中系统地代表性不足。
本文旨在研究过去十年中痴呆症和阿尔茨海默病学术研究中的性别差异。
分析了 37961 篇原始研究文章中的 104858 名男性和女性作者。通过包括引用和生产力分析，确定了女性在第一、共同和最后作者中的全球和国家特定分布。
所有作者中 42.1%、第一作者中 50.2%、共同作者中 42.2%、最后作者中 32.8%为女性。与男性相比，女性的引用次数较少，发表的文章较少，在有多个作者的文章中也不太可能获得有声望的作者身份。各国之间存在明显差异。
迄今为止，数量可观的女性有声望的作者身份显著增加，并预计未来将继续增加，重点是女性的代表性不断增强，性别差距不断缩小。
