Faster, higher, stronger - together? A bibliometric analysis of author distribution in top medical education journals

Data are available in a public, open access repository. The datasets generated and analysed during this study have been archived as online supplemental information files with medRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.29.22273128Medical education and medical education research are growing industries that have become increasingly globalised. Recognition of the colonial foundations of medical education has led to a growing focus on issues of equity, absence and marginalisation. One area of absence that has been underexplored is that of published voices from low-income and middle-income countries. We undertook a bibliometric analysis of five top medical education journals to determine which countries were absent and which countries were represented in prestigious first and last authorship positions.(undefined