Gender Disparity Trends in Authorship of Hand Surgery Research

Xu, Raylin F; Varady, Nathan H.; Chen, Antonia F.; Earp, Brandon E.

doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2022.01.002

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“…Our results highlight some of the limitations surrounding the use of journal impact factors as a measure of "prestige" among authors and readers. Additional factors, such as publication immediacy or lag, ease of access to journals, self-citations in editor letters, and the use of non-source items, could also affect the impact factor of any given journal while not necessarily increasing the quality of the scientific work that is being published in it [32][33][34][35][36][37]. While a journal's impact factor might be a useful tool to gauge its qualitative properties, authors and readers should not use it to assess the quality of individual articles and they should be aware of its inherent limitations [33,36].…”

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Analysis of the Most Frequently Cited Articles in Hand and Wrist Surgery: A Modern Reading List

Delma¹,

Ozdag²,

Warnick³

et al. 2022

Cureus

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The aim of this investigation was to analyze the 50 most frequently cited articles on hand and wrist surgery of all time and those published during the 21 st century. We aimed to evaluate the article, author, and journal characteristics for these publications in order to create a modern reading list of impactful upper-extremity articles.A search of the Journal Citation Reports 2022 edition to identify journals containing possible hand or wristrelated articles was performed. Related journals were identified and then searched on the Web of Science database to identify hand and wrist articles. The top 50 most cited articles overall and the top 50 most cited articles from 2000-2021 were identified and indexed. Several bibliometric parameters, such as study type, study topic, study design, level of evidence, citation count, citation density, the institution of the lead author, the gender of lead and senior authors, and country were analyzed.For the most cited articles of all time, the number of citations ranged from 224 to 1109 with a mean of 368 citations and 15.0 citation density. Citations for the top 50 articles from 2000-2021 ranged from 153 to 950 with a mean of 233 citations and 14.5 citation density. For both groups, the most common level of evidence was level IV (33% and 27%). No correlation between journal impact factor and citation count or citation density was found. In both groups, "fracture" was the most common topic and papers were predominantly written by male authors.Frequently cited publications on hand and wrist surgery are often clinical papers that contain low levels of evidence and tend to focus on topics related to fracture care. Female authors remain underrepresented.

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Analysis of the Most Frequently Cited Articles in Hand and Wrist Surgery: A Modern Reading List

Delma¹,

Ozdag²,

Warnick³

et al. 2022

Cureus

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“…1 2 3 We also hypothesized that sex and race disparities would exist among elected presidents given the relative limited numbers of diverse candidates among senior academic positions in hand surgery. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Ultimately, results from this study may help promote awareness of diversity and inclusion efforts at the highest levels of hand surgery in the United States. Furthermore, electorate bodies of the ASSH and AAHS can make more informed decisions during the elections of future presidents.…”

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“…At the same time, there is renewed interest to promote diversity and inclusion in hand surgery especially among the most visible leaders of the specialty. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11…”

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Benchmarking Accomplishments of Presidents Elected to Hand Surgery Societies in the United States

Silvestre

Benn

Chang

et al. 2024

Journal of Hand and Microsurgery

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Objective Qualifications needed to achieve national leadership positions in hand surgery are poorly defined. This study compares the academic accomplishments, demographics, and training backgrounds of presidents elected to serve the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) and the American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS). Methods The ASSH and AAHS provided names of elected Presidents (1990–2022, n = 64). Curriculum vitae and academic web sites were used to collect demographic, training, bibliometric, and National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding data of presidents. Results Presidents were predominately male (95%), Caucasian (90%), and orthopaedic surgery residency-trained (66%). Only 9% were racial minorities (8% Asian, 2% Hispanic, and 0% African American). The average age at appointment was 59 ± 7 years old, which was an average of 23 years from completion of hand surgery fellowship. More presidents received plastic surgery residency training in AAHS than ASSH (50 vs. 19%). The most represented hand surgery fellowships were Mayo Clinic (14%), University of Louisville (11%), and Duke University (9%). Twenty-one presidents participated in a travel fellowship (33%). Thirty presidents served as Department Chair or Division Chief at time of election (47%). The average h-index was 34 ± 18 resulting from 164 ± 160 peer-reviewed manuscripts and was similar between the two organizations. Eleven presidents had NIH grant funding (18%) and there were no differences in procurement or funding totals between the two organizations. Conclusion Presidents of American hand surgery societies obtain high levels of scholarly activity regardless of training specialty. Women and racial minorities remain underrepresented at the highest levels of leadership.

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“…Ahead of the trend examining disparities in authorship and editorial boards, JHS GO is proud to include 11 international members, 4 women, and 4 underrepresented minorities to its editorial board. 3,4 By 2022, JHS GO was accepted for indexing by PubMed Central, the Directory of Open Access Journals, and Scopus. The Directory of Open Access Journals has become one of the largest and most wellreputed indexing services within open-access journal publishing, and today, it contains more than 8,000 listed titles and 800,000 searchable articles.…”

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Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online: The Year in Review

Rozental

2022

Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online

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Gender Disparity Trends in Authorship of Hand Surgery Research

Cited by 16 publications

References 54 publications

Analysis of the Most Frequently Cited Articles in Hand and Wrist Surgery: A Modern Reading List

Analysis of the Most Frequently Cited Articles in Hand and Wrist Surgery: A Modern Reading List

Benchmarking Accomplishments of Presidents Elected to Hand Surgery Societies in the United States

Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online: The Year in Review

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