Department of Dermatology, Asahikawa Medical University, Hokkaido, Japan.
Division of Public Health and Epidemiology, Department of Social Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University, Hokkaido, Japan.
J Dermatol Sci. 2021 Apr;102(1):2-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2021.01.011. Epub 2021 Jan 30.
A wide gender gap exists in many fields in Japan, including the academic society of dermatology. Women are substantially underrepresented in the highest academic ranks.
We aimed to clarify the possible factors contributing to the current gender gap in the field of academic dermatology and to recommend necessary measures to decrease the gender gap.
We performed a cross-sectional study of faculty members' academic productivity at the dermatology departments of all the educational institutions in Japan in 2019.
Women had significantly lower academic productivity than men. A significant gender difference in academic productivity was found in lecturers and assistant professors but not in associate professor and professor positions. This gender difference was still significant after normalizing the productivity for career length.
Our findings suggest the need to encourage women lecturers and assistant professors to improve their academic achievement to decrease the gender gap in academic dermatology.
在日本的许多领域，包括皮肤科的学术领域，都存在着明显的性别差距。女性在最高学术级别中的代表性严重不足。
我们旨在阐明导致学术皮肤科领域当前性别差距的可能因素，并提出减少性别差距的必要措施。
我们对日本所有教育机构皮肤科系的教职员工在 2019 年的学术生产力进行了横断面研究。
女性的学术生产力明显低于男性。在讲师和助理教授职位上，学术生产力存在显著的性别差异，但在副教授和教授职位上则没有。在将生产力与职业年限标准化后，这种性别差异仍然显著。
我们的研究结果表明，需要鼓励女性讲师和助理教授提高其学术成就，以减少学术皮肤科领域的性别差距。
