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Cherchez La Femme

Cherchez La Femme Research Original Investigation Profile of Women in Ophthalmic Publications Invited Commentary Julia A. Haller, MD If the state of affairs documented by Franco-Cardenas and col- gress. In short, public debate all but excludes half the popu- leagues in their article on women’s authorship in the “big 3” lation” (www.theopedproject.org). ophthalmic publications continues—and their survey sug- In the scientific community, the journal Nature con- gests no reason to believe otherwise—this 1 opinion piece in- fronted this editorial lack of diversity in a remarkable 2012 self- creases by 20% the count of examination and critique entitled “Nature’s Sexism.” The jour- female-penned editorials in nal judged itself culpable in numerous ways: “Of the 5514 Related article page 255 all 3 of our highest-impact referees who assessed Nature’s submitted papers in 2011, 14% ophthalmology journals for were women. Of the 34 researchers profiled by journalists in this entire year. Luckily, however, as also documented herein, 2011 and so far in 2012, 6 (18%) were women. Of externally writ- there are reinforcements on the horizon. ten Comment and World View articles published in 2011 and 4(p495) Women are increasingly represented in the ranks of re- so far in 2012, 19% included a female author.” http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Ophthalmology American Medical Association

Cherchez La Femme

Haller, Julia A.
JAMA Ophthalmology , Volume 133 (3) – Mar 1, 2015
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Research Original Investigation Profile of Women in Ophthalmic Publications Invited Commentary Julia A. Haller, MD If the state of affairs documented by Franco-Cardenas and col- gress. In short, public debate all but excludes half the popu- leagues in their article on women’s authorship in the “big 3” lation” (www.theopedproject.org). ophthalmic publications continues—and their survey sug- In the scientific community, the journal Nature con- gests no reason to believe otherwise—this 1 opinion piece in- fronted this editorial lack of diversity in a remarkable 2012 self- creases by 20% the count of examination and critique entitled “Nature’s Sexism.” The jour- female-penned editorials in nal judged itself culpable in numerous ways: “Of the 5514 Related article page 255 all 3 of our highest-impact referees who assessed Nature’s submitted papers in 2011, 14% ophthalmology journals for were women. Of the 34 researchers profiled by journalists in this entire year. Luckily, however, as also documented herein, 2011 and so far in 2012, 6 (18%) were women. Of externally writ- there are reinforcements on the horizon. ten Comment and World View articles published in 2011 and 4(p495) Women are increasingly represented in the ranks of re- so far in 2012, 19% included a female author.”

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Published: Mar 1, 2015

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