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. 2023 Jan-Feb;63(1):178-181.
doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2022.08.018. Epub 2022 Aug 23.

Publication rate and impact stratified by gender among pharmacists designated Fellow in the American College of Critical Care Medicine

Paige Weaver, Kaitlyn Sherman, Kathryn E Smith, Chelsea Wampole, Elizabeth Glisic, Karen Berger, David J Gagnon

Publication rate and impact stratified by gender among pharmacists designated Fellow in the American College of Critical Care Medicine

Paige Weaver et al. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2023 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Background: There are approximately 352,000 pharmacists practicing in the United States, with most (59%) being female. Editorial board membership and publications with a female as the first author in selected pharmacy journals has increased in the past 2 decades. This study determined whether these positive trends are also occurring in critical care pharmacy.

Objective: To report publication rate and publication impact stratified by male and female gender among pharmacists designated Fellow of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM).

Methods: Pharmacists designated FCCM from inception through the 2020 convocation year were identified in January 2021 using a list provided by the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Pharmacists were excluded if they were designated Master of Critical Care Medicine, did not have an active pharmacist license, or did not have data in the Scopus database. Data were collected in February 2021 including year of first publication, total number of publications, citations, and Hirsch index (h-index).

Results: A total of 134 pharmacists were evaluable, including 76 males (57%) and 58 females (43%). Males had an earlier first publication year than females (2005 vs. 2010; P < 0.001). Males have produced a higher number of publications per individual pharmacist (29 vs. 13; P = 0.002) and a similar number of publications per year (2 vs. 1; P = 0.05). When comparing publication impact, males generated more citations (384 vs. 139; P = 0.001) and had a higher h-index (10 vs. 6, P < 0.001). These trends persisted when data from only the past 5 years were used.

Conclusion: There is statistically significant gender disparity in publication rate and impact. However, this disparity seems to be decreasing with time as the rate of females designated FCCM is increasing. This is consistent with an overall increase in the proportion of pharmacists who are female and deserves further exploration.

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Conflict of interest statement

All other authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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FCCM convocation year of male and female pharmacists designated FCCM
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