New Rochelle, NY, April 21, 2021—Research conducted in women was deemed more impactful but less publishable than the same research conducted in men. As female investigators are more likely to study women this gender bias could negatively affect their ability to publish and advance their careers in academic medicine, according to an article in the peer-reviewed Journal of Women’s Health. Click here to read the article now.

“We found that manuscript peer reviewers were significantly more likely to recommend publishing research conducted in men than the same research conducted in women,” said Molly Carnes, MD, University of Wisconsin Center for Women’s Health Research, and coauthors. “This difference occurred despite comparable ratings of scientific rigor and higher ratings of scientific impact for the research conducted in women than men.”

According to the authors, “Because female investigators are more likely than male investigators to study women, our findings suggest a previously unrecognized bias that could contribute to gender asymmetries in the publication outcomes of peer review and gender disparities in clinical research.”

“These findings, together with the fact that female investigators are more likely than their male counterparts to conduct research on women, puts women researchers at a disadvantage and may affect their career advancement,” says Journal of Women’s Health Editor-in-Chief Susan G. Kornstein, MD, Executive Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Women’s Health, Richmond, VA.

About the Journal
Journal of Women’s Health, published monthly, is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that hold greater risk for or are more prevalent among women, as well as diseases that present differently in women. Led by Editor-in-Chief Susan G. Kornstein, MD, Executive Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Women’s Health, Richmond, VA, the Journal covers the latest advances and clinical applications of new diagnostic procedures and therapeutic protocols for the prevention and management of women’s healthcare issues. Complete tables of content and a sample issue may be viewed on the Journal of Women’s Health website. Journal of Women’s Health is the official journal of the Society for Women’s Health Research.

 

About the Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers is known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in many promising areas of science and biomedical research. A complete list of the firm’s more than 90 journals, books, and newsmagazines is available on the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers website.