Publication|Articles|March 12, 2026

Prevalence of Female Authorship in Pharmacy Publishing

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Although the overall proportion of female authors in pharmacy publishing exceeds the representation of women in the pharmacy, medical, and pharmaceutical science workforces, women are more likely to be first authors than senior authors.

Conflicts of interest: This study was not funded. The authors have no financial relationships relevant to the contents of this study to disclose.