The Proportion of Female Authors in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Literature Has not Changed in 20 Years.

Purpose: Academic advancement often depends on publications and reflects the leadership within a profession. The present study compared the number of articles written by women in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (JOMS) versus the number of women in the profession of oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS).

Materials And Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of articles published in JOMS at 3 time points (1995, 2005, and 2015).