Gendered geography: an analysis of authors in The Lancet Global Health

Academic career advancement is largely driven by peer-reviewed research, with the number of publications and author rank representing important measures of distinction and productivity.1 There is, however, a persistent gender gap in academic publishing; although authorship by women has risen substantially since the 1960s and the raw publication count is becoming increasingly equal between women and men, men still dominate the coveted first and last author positions, along with single authored papers,2 and women are still in the minority as authors.