Table 1

Representation of women in first and senior authorship position by year

Authorship199620062016–2020P value
Women (n)/articles (n) with known author gender (%)
Gynecologic Oncology
 First author9/162 (5.9)184/434 (42.4)1001/1692 (59.2) <0.00001
 Senior author5/162 (3.1)110/443 (24.8)806/1729 (46.6) <0.00001
International Journal of Gynecological Cancer
 First author9/39 (23.1)73/217 (33.6)594/1107 (53.7) <0.00001
 Senior author9/40 (22.5)38/193 (19.7)391/1123 (34.8) 0.00007
Overall
 First author18/201 (9)257/651 (39.5)1595/2799 (57) <0.00001
 Senior author14/202 (7)148/636 (23.3)1197/2852 (42) <0.00001
  • Values in bold denote statistical significance.