EP.TU.169Gender Representation in the Authorship of Surgical Journals

Abstract Aims Despite the increase in female doctors graduating from medical schools internationally, gender disparity surgery remains. This is also evident academic surgery. study aims to quantify extent of authorship articles major surgical journals. Methods The Top 10 Surgical Journals were identified using SCImago Journal Rank indicator. Authorship details for papers published 2019 collected. Authors assigned as female, male or unknown Gender API software (Gender API, Germany). For each journal, percentage first author, last corresponding author and all authors split by was interrogated. differences publication type identified. Results 9 journals had full names publicly available. Overall, 2414 manuscripts interrogated which included 16,277 number authors. Respectively, females males accounted 29.8% [22.9-34.9%] (N = 655) 62.4% [56.3-70.2%] 1419) authors, 20.6% [11.8-27.1%] 453) 74.2% [65.6-84.1%] 1706) 23.9% [14.9-29.6%] 510) 69.9% [60.5-79.3%] 2341) total 27% [19.4-31.6%] 4298) 65.5% [58.6-73.4%] 9982) wide range these results could be due various factors. Conclusion has a imbalance positions, with greatest difference observed most senior position. Whether this reflective current positions discrimination unclear.