An investigation into gender distributions in scholarly publications among dental faculty members in Iran

• Ahmad Sofi-Mahmudi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sofima@mcmaster.ca, a.sofimahmudi@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Anesthesia, National Pain Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, National Institute for Medical Research Development (NIMAD), Cochrane Iran Associate Centre, Tehran, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6829-0823

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• Erfan Shamsoddin,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research Development (NIMAD), Cochrane Iran Associate Centre, Tehran, Iran

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• Lisa M. DeTora,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Writing Studies and Rhetoric, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5348-2638

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• Barbara E. Bierer,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Perihan Elif Ekmekci,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of History of Medicine and Ethics, TOBB ETU University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

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• Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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• Ching Shan Lii,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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• Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1149-2437

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• Francis P. Crawley

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Good Clinical Practice Alliance-Europe (GCPA) & Strategic Initiative for Developing Capacity in Ethical Review (SIDCER), Leuven, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6893-5916

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