Female Editorial Authorship Trends in High-Impact Ophthalmology Journals

Fathy, Cherie; Cherkas, Elliot; Shields, Charlotte N; Syed, Zeba A.; Haller, Julia A.; Zhang, Qiang Ed; Sharpe, James; Shukla, Aakriti Garg

doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2021.3027

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“…If this information is not readily available from the website and institutional profile, the editorial board member will be determined to be an ophthalmologist if they were either listed on the websites of the physician governing bodies (eg, American Board of Ophthalmology, Canadian Ophthalmological Society American Society of Retina Specialists) or had professional profiles indicating ophthalmology residency training or their position as ophthalmologists. 10 Board members not meeting any of the criteria above will be designated as non-ophthalmologists (or unknown if no information can be identified). Information on academic degrees will be obtained from the editorial board member’s most recent two publications.…”

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“…The designation of ophthalmologist versus non-ophthalmologist, as well as any academic degrees including Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and any non-MD or PhD degrees will be collected via the journal website profiles or institutional affiliation profiles. If this information is not readily available from the website and institutional profile, the editorial board member will be determined to be an ophthalmologist if they were either listed on the websites of the physician governing bodies (eg, American Board of Ophthalmology, Canadian Ophthalmological Society American Society of Retina Specialists) or had professional profiles indicating ophthalmology residency training or their position as ophthalmologists 10. Board members not meeting any of the criteria above will be designated as non-ophthalmologists (or unknown if no information can be identified).…”

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Representation of women on editorial boards of ophthalmology journals: protocol for a cross-sectional study

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IntroductionThere is a notable under-representation of women in leadership positions in ophthalmology despite the increasing number of women as ophthalmologists. Gender inequality in editorial boards of ophthalmology journals has not been investigated on a global scale. This study will aim to evaluate the representation of women as editorial board members in ophthalmology journals across different regions, journal subspecialties and impact factors.Methods and analysisThis will be a cross-sectional study describing the gender composition of editorial boards in ophthalmology journals globally. Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory and SCImago Journal & Country Rank will be used to comprehensively identify journals indexed with the keyword, ‘ophthalmology’. All journals with active websites and lists of editorial boards will be included. Journals will be categorised according to the World Bank’s 2021 classification of countries by income and region, and classified into ophthalmology subspecialties based on publication scope. Impact factors will be obtained from Journal Citation Reports. The gender and academic degrees of each editorial board member will be determined based on journal profiles, institutional websites or name query feature on an online interface. The research impact of each editorial board member will be ascertained from the author records on Web of Science. The gender proportion will be presented for all journals combined, and then for journals grouped by regions, subspecialties and impact factors. Editorial board member characteristics including academic degrees and research productivity measures will be compared between men and women. These comparisons will be made using the χ2 test for categorical variables and the independent samples t-test for continuous variables.Ethics and disseminationThis study did not require research ethics approval given the use of publicly available data and lack of human subjects. The results will be presented at scientific meetings and published in peer-reviewed journals.

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Representation of women on editorial boards of ophthalmology journals: protocol for a cross-sectional study

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Xue³

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“…8 Finally, this study's findings on the unequal distribution of academic degrees between the genders are consistent with the previous study by Fathy and colleagues, which suggests that when compared with men, women authoring articles in ophthalmology journals are more likely to be non-ophthalmologists and hold non-medical or non-PhD degrees. 9 Kramer and colleagues demonstrated a significant gender disparity in ophthalmic research, which may hinder career advancements for young ophthalmologists. 10 The current study further indicates that this gap may persist throughout an ophthalmologist's career even in highly visible positions as journal editorial board members.…”

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Representation of women in ophthalmology journal editorial boards

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“…The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) reported that the percentage of women in the physician workforce has increased from 28.3% in 2007 to 36.3% in 2019 . This increase in representation is reflected in the field of ophthalmology with a female representation of 14% to 17% in the early 2000s increasing to 25% in 2020 . Despite this increase, significant disparities still exist in academic rank, productivity, faculty retention and promotion, and compensation .…”

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Sex Differences in Salaries of Academic Ophthalmologists in the United States

2022

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n recent years, there has been an increase in the number of female physicians. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) reported that the percentage of women in the physician workforce has increased from 28.3% in 2007 to 36.3% in 2019. 1 This increase in representation is reflected in the field of ophthalmology with a female representation of 14% to 17% in the early 2000s increasing to 25% in 2020. 2 Despite this increase, significant disparities still exist in academic rank, productivity, faculty retention and promotion, and compensation. 3,4 Studies have demonstrated substantial salary inequities among men and women, especially in surgical and procedural subspecialties. 5 Ophthalmology is not an exception. In fact, a study by Jia et al 3 demonstrated that female ophthalmologists were compensated significantly less than their male counterparts in the first year of practice. Proposed explanations suggested differences in years in practice, number of hours worked, practice type, and fertility choices; however, disparities persisted even when analyses controlled for these factors. 3 Although previous studies evaluated sex disparities in remuneration of early career physicians and physicians in the private sector, there is a lack of data on the status of ophthalmologists in academic centers, which generally follow different compensation models. 6 Moreover, many of these studies used self-reported incomes or Medicare or Medicaid payments, which represent only a portion of physician salary, hence limiting the generalizability of the findings. 7 In this study, we evaluated whether male and female academic ophthalmologists are paid differently and compared results with other specialties, using a large database of physician compensation reported by the US academic centers. MethodsThis study adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. The institutional review board determined that review was not required because the research was not considered IMPORTANCE Representation of women in medicine and ophthalmology has increased in recent years. However, substantial inequities still exist between salaries for male and female physicians.OBJECTIVES To evaluate the status of disparities in compensation among US academic ophthalmologists and compare compensation across specialties. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTSThis cross-sectional study analyzed data for full-time academic physicians practicing in 154 accredited US medical schools. Data from the Association of American Medical Colleges Faculty Salary Report for fiscal year 2019-2020 were used to evaluate disparities in total compensation for female and male academic ophthalmologists.

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Female Editorial Authorship Trends in High-Impact Ophthalmology Journals

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Representation of women on editorial boards of ophthalmology journals: protocol for a cross-sectional study

Representation of women on editorial boards of ophthalmology journals: protocol for a cross-sectional study

Representation of women in ophthalmology journal editorial boards

Sex Differences in Salaries of Academic Ophthalmologists in the United States

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