Figure and Table | Woman Editors-in-Chief of English-Language Medical Journals Published by the Japanese Professional Medical Associations

Table 1. Characteristics of Journal Editors-in-Chief in English Journals Published by the Japanese Medical Association (N = 351).

Variable	Editor-in-Chief	Woman (N [%])
All	351	20 (5.7)
Occupation
Medical doctor	208	6 (2.9)
Non-medical doctor	136	13 (9.6)
Unknown	7	1 (14.3)
Affiliation
University (professor)	268	14 (5.2)
University (other professors)^a	47	4 (8.5)
University (non-professor)	4	1 (25.0)
Other	32	1 (3.1)
Specialty^b
Basic medicine	82	6 (7.3)
Internal medicine	69	0 (0)
Psychiatry	26	3 (11.5)
Surgery	20	0 (0)
Dental medicine and dental surgery	19	1 (5.3)
Pathology	16	0 (0)
Medical engineering	11	0 (0)
Orthopedic surgery	10	1 (10.0)
Radiational oncology	10	1 (10.0)
Veterinary medicine and zoology	10	1 (10.0)
Social medicine	8	1 (12.5)
Neurosurgery	7	0 (0)
Pediatrics	6	0 (0)
Gynecology and obstetrics	5	1 (20.0)
Anesthesiology and emergency medicine	4	0 (0)
Bromatology	4	0 (0)
Dermatology	4	0 (0)
Forensic medicine	4	0 (0)
Ophthalmology	4	0 (0)
Other^c	32	5 (15.6)

Table 2. Characteristics of Journal Editors-in-Chief (N = 344)^a with a Classification of Medical Doctors and Non-Medical Doctors.

Variable	Medical Doctor		Non-Medical Doctor
	Editor-in-Chief	Woman in each subcategory of editor (N [%])	Editor-in-Chief	Woman in each subcategory of editor N (%)	p-value^b
All	208	6 (2.9)	136	13 (9.6)	0.014
Affiliation
University (professor)	159	5 (3.1)	105	9 (8.6)	0.089
University (other professors)^c	26	1 (3.8)	21	3 (14.3)	0.311
University (non-professor)	2	0 (0)	1	0 (0)	NA
Other	21	0 (0)	9	1 (11.1)	0.300