Although this difference did not reach statistical significance ( χ 2 P = 0.012), it supports several other studies that note a general decline in female-first authorship across scientific fields in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic ( 23 , 24 ).
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Analysis of justification for author order and gender bias in author order among those contributing equally.
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This increase did not achieve significance at the 0.05 level ( χ 2 , P = 0.12), but the finding suggests the need for future monitoring of EC ratios.