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. 2020 Jul;5(7):e002922.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002922.

Where are the women? Gender inequalities in COVID-19 research authorship

Ana-Catarina Pinho-Gomes  1 , Sanne Peters  2   3 , Kelly Thompson  4 , Carinna Hockham  4 , Katherine Ripullone  2 , Mark Woodward  2   4   5 , Cheryl Carcel  4
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Where are the women? Gender inequalities in COVID-19 research authorship

Ana-Catarina Pinho-Gomes et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology; public health.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: MW is a consultant to Amgen and Kirin; no other relationships or activities could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

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Figure 1
Women in first and last authorship positions of COVID-19-related papers according to journal impact factor, continent and type of article. Values represent percentages of women as first and last authors with respective 95% CIs.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Relative representation of women within the authorship lists of COVID-19-related papers according to journal impact factor, continent and type of article. Values represent percentages of women among all authors for each paper with respective 95% CIs.
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