Female Authorship in the US Orthopaedics Literature: A Bibliometric Analysis of Trends.
Jeffrey OkewunmiSara N KianiJashvant PoeranLeesa M GalatzPublished in: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2023)
The increasing trend in female authorship is primarily due to increases in first author publications and is not consistent across subspecialty journals. Future research should identify driving factors for these differences and potential methods to increase representation.