Gender approach in the activity and scientific production of Cuban medical university journals

Abstract

Introduction: science and scientific production are spaces given to men for centuries, although in the 21st century, there are gaps in this sense. Aim: to describe from a gender perspective the scientific production in the academic journals of Cuban medical universities, period 2017-2021. Method: a descriptive bibliometric study was carried out. The universe consisted of all the academic journals of Cuban medical universities in the period 2017-2021, they were reviewed between December 2022 and March 2023. The sampling was non-probabilistic and the sample was 19. Only regular numbers were considered. Results: women were 19% of the magazine directors and 44% of the editorial board composition. 57.5% of the editorials were written by men. 2.6% of the articles dealt with the gender approach. 61.8% of the authors were women and 38.2% were men. Women were 55.7% of the lead authors. In 32.3% of the articles, women predominated as authors and 23.7% were written only by women; gender equality represented 14.1%. Conclusions: an empowerment of women in Cuba is evident as they are the majority within scientific production in medical universities. However, this is not reflected in the direction of the magazines and the composition of their editorial committees, where men predominate, nor in publications with a gender focus, which is still insufficient.