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April 10, 2026Journal of Burn Care & Research0 citationsOpen Access

Gender Representation Trends Among First Authors in Burns Literature Analysis

Four Decades of Gender Representation Among First Authors in Burns Literature: A Systematic Analysis

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FEFrancesco M. EgroUPMC Health SystemSTSarah M. TepeMercy Medical CenterKDKian Daneshi

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Systematic analysis reveals significant increase in female first authors in burns literature, suggesting ongoing progress toward gender equity.

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  • This analysis aims to evaluate gender representation trends among first authors in burns literature over four decades.
  • Conducted a systematic analysis of 18,275 articles from 12 burns journals from 1982 to 2025.
  • Used automated PubMed data mining and a multi-layer gender inference system for author classification.
  • Applied statistical analysis including logistic regression, chi-square tests, and Wilson confidence intervals.
  • Out of 16,040 classified articles, 3,694 (23.0%) had female first authors.
  • Female representation increased from 17.3% in the 2000s to 38.0% in the 2020s.
  • A significant temporal trend was identified with a p-value of less than 0.001.
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Egro et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d895ea6c1944d70ce0720bhttps://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irag033.350
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