Ganesan Sandhya, Ferraro Tatiana, Smaoui Sana, Zitoun Leena, Pramanik Lara, Cardman Erin Anne
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
BMJ Open. 2025 Jul 5;15(7):e098811. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-098811.
The purpose of this study was to analyse the speech-language pathology (SLP) literature from 2012 to 2022 and evaluate authorship trends and factors associated with gender disparities.
Authorship across journals published by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) was evaluated. Outcomes collected from each article included the gender of the first and senior authors, author department affiliations, study type, reported funding source and the country of origin. Three sets of linear regression models were explored to determine the probability of male first authorship, of male senior authorship, and of a study being funded.
A total of 2754 articles were identified for inclusion. The majority of the literature was authored by females, with 77% of first authors and 68% of senior authors being female. Studies with a male senior author were shown to be 4.05-4.67 times more likely to have a male first author than with a female senior author. Male senior authors were over-represented relative to their proportion of ASHA membership compared with female senior authors. Male authorship was associated with certain subtopics, including voice, stuttering and motor speech. Funding probability decreased for all authors regardless of gender between 2012 and 2022.
Implicit gender bias and societal gender stereotypes lead to a greater number of women in the field of SLP; the same biases and stereotypes often limit the research productivity and academic leadership potential of women in the field. Addressing these biases and stereotypes is vital to move towards gender equity in the field.
本研究旨在分析2012年至2022年的言语语言病理学（SLP）文献，并评估作者趋势以及与性别差异相关的因素。
对美国言语语言听力协会（ASHA）出版的期刊上的作者情况进行评估。从每篇文章中收集的结果包括第一作者和资深作者的性别、作者所属部门、研究类型、报告的资金来源以及原产国。探索了三组线性回归模型，以确定男性作为第一作者、男性作为资深作者以及研究获得资助的概率。
共确定了2754篇文章纳入研究。大部分文献由女性撰写，77%的第一作者和68%的资深作者为女性。研究显示，与女性资深作者相比，有男性资深作者的研究中男性作为第一作者的可能性高出4.05至4.67倍。与女性资深作者相比，男性资深作者在ASHA会员中的占比过高。男性作者与某些子主题相关，包括嗓音、口吃和言语运动。2012年至2022年期间，所有作者（无论性别）获得资助的概率均有所下降。
隐性性别偏见和社会性别刻板印象导致言语语言病理学领域女性数量较多；同样的偏见和刻板印象往往限制了该领域女性的研究生产力和学术领导潜力。解决这些偏见和刻板印象对于实现该领域的性别平等至关重要。
