an increasing trendP < 0.0001
Further, there was an increasing trend in both the proportion of women as senior authors (6% in 2018, 9% in 2019, 14% in 2020, 15% in 2021, and 18% in 2022, P < 0.0001) and percentage of total women authors (9% in 2018, 12% in 2019, 19% in 2020, 17% in 2021, and 20% in 2022, P < 0.0001) across the years ( Figure 2 ).