Gender differences in how scientists present the importance of their research: observational study.

Objectives: Women remain underrepresented on faculties of medicine and the life sciences more broadly. Whether gender differences in self presentation of clinical research exist and may contribute to this gender gap has been challenging to explore empirically. The objective of this study was to analyze whether men and women differ in how positively they frame their research findings and to analyze whether the positive framing of research is associated with higher downstream citations.

All Other Things Being Equal: Exploring Racial and Gender Disparities in Medical School Honor Society Induction.

Purpose: A large body of literature has demonstrated racial and gender disparities in the physician workforce, but limited data are available regarding the potential origins of these disparities. To that end, the authors evaluated the effects of race and gender on Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (AOA) and Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) induction.

Method: In this retrospective cohort study, the authors examined data from 11,781 Electronic Residency Application Service applications from 133 U.