Gender Disparity in Lead Authorship Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: No News Is Bad News?

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 12-30 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. ryskina@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
• ² Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. ryskina@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
• ³ School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• ⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• ⁵ Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• ⁶ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• ⁷ Geriatrics and Extended Care, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• ⁸ Center for Health Equity and Research Promotion, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.