Proportion of men and women last authors by degree, journal and year
| Journal | Last author position | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| AIM | women physicians | 7 (21) | 3 (10) | 9 (21) | 8 (24) | 3 (6) |
| women non-physicians | 1 (3) | 2 (6) | 4 (9) | 3 (9) | 5 (10) | |
| men physicians | 24 (71) | 21 (68) | 25 (58) | 21 (62) | 33 (66) | |
| men non-physicians | 2 (6) | 5 (16) | 5 (12) | 2 (6) | 9 (18) | |
| Total articles | 34 | 31 | 43 | 34 | 50 | |
| JAMA | women physicians | 13 (9) | 15 (9) | 16 (10) | 16 (11) | 14 (12) |
| women non-physicians | 19 (13) | 17 (10) | 14 (9) | 19 (13) | 20 (17) | |
| men physicians | 95 (63) | 94 (58) | 91 (58) | 80 (54) | 59 (50) | |
| men non-physicians | 24 (16) | 36 (22) | 35 (22) | 32 (22) | 25 (21) | |
| Total articles | 151 | 162 | 156 | 147 | 118 | |
| NEJM | women physicians | 21 (18) | 14 (13) | 11 (10) | 14 (11) | 12 (12) |
| women non-physicians | 16 (14) | 17 (16) | 16 (15) | 19 (15) | 15 (15) | |
| men physicians | 55 (47) | 47 (45) | 51 (48) | 66 (52) | 45 (46) | |
| men non-physicians | 24 (21) | 26 (25) | 29 (27) | 27 (21) | 26 (27) | |
| Total articles | 116 | 104 | 107 | 126 | 98 |
AIM, Annals of Internal Medicine; JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association; NEJM, New England Journal of Medicine.