"Authorship" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The profession of writing. Also the identity of the writer as the creator of a literary production.
| Descriptor ID |
D001319
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.559.423.906.215
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Authorship" by people in this website by year, and whether "Authorship" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Authorship" by people in Profiles.
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Authorship Trends and Gender Concordance in Surgical Research. J Surg Res. 2025 08; 312:148-154.
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From Pages to Practice: Inviting Authors to Facilitate Medical Education Journal Club to Support Knowledge Translation. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 05; 40(6):1432-1436.
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Gender gap in cardiothoracic surgery randomized controlled trial and post-hoc analysis of randomized controlled trial authorship from 2014 to 2020. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Oct 01; 66(4).
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The CalculAuthor: determining authorship using a simple-to-use, fair, objective, and transparent process. BMC Res Notes. 2023 Nov 12; 16(1):329.
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A Complement to the H-Index: A Metric Based on Primary Authorship. Am J Med. 2023 12; 136(12):1139-1140.
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Academic Olympism and Authorship: Honoring Contributions to Collaborative Scholarship. Acad Med. 2022 03 01; 97(3):315-318.
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Trends in Gender Distribution Among Authors of Research Studies in Pediatrics: 2015-2019. Pediatrics. 2021 04; 147(4).
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Does academic authorship reflect gender bias in pediatric surgery? An analysis of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2007-2017. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Oct; 55(10):2071-2074.
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Representation of Women in the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association: Evidence for Positive Change. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 11; 110(5):1739-1744.
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Gender Disparity Among Surgical Peer-Reviewed Literature. J Surg Res. 2020 04; 248:117-122.