Measurable Progress in Female Authorship in Otolaryngology

Bergeron, Jennifer L.; Wilken, Reason; Miller, M. David; Shapiro, Nina L.; Bhattacharyya, Neil

doi:10.1177/0194599812438171

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“…In comparison with similar studies in other aspects of medicine, there have been comparable significant increases and representation of female authorship in otolaryngology (growth in first authorship from 12.9% to 21.3% from 1998 to 2008, with the proportion of practicing female otolaryngologists growing from 6% to 11.2% from 1998 to 2007) [11,16,17]. In dermatology, the percentages of recent growth in first and senior authorship, from 1976 to 2006, were 12% to 48% and 6.2% to 31%, respectively, and the recent 2007 representation parallels the 38.2% female practicing dermatologists [10,18].…”

Section: Academic Radiology and Academic Medicinementioning

confidence: 48%

“…We elected not to e-mail individual authors, although this was done in a similar study [26]. The majority of similar studies in other specialties have also excluded authors when their gender remained unclear after a thorough Internet search [8][9][10][11][12][13].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Currently, there is considerable research investigating the representation of female authorship in specialties, including ophthalmology, otolaryngology, dermatology, emergency medicine, internal medicine, surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology [8][9][10][11][12][13]. Additionally, studies have examined the presence of female physicians in radiology societies and North American training programs [7,14] and of female authorship in academic medicine [8].…”

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“…12,[18][19][20] To our knowledge, this is the first investigation that evaluated female authorship in the field of gastroenterology. Overall, this finding is encouraging and likely reflects the growing number of women choosing gastroenterology as a career.…”

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Female authorship in major academic gastroenterology journals: a look over 20 years

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Thompson³

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“…3,4,10,[23][24][25] There has been a tripling of female otolaryngology residents from the early 1980s to 21% in 2003. 12,26 While women are still underrepresented in otolaryngology and other surgical specialties, they are even further underrepresented in positions of leadership; one recent analysis noted 4 of 103 academic otolaryngology departments had female chairs in 2011. 12 Of 1054 academic otolaryngologists examined in our analysis, women comprised 24% of assistant professors, 20% of associate professors, and 12% of professors.…”

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Gender Disparities in Scholarly Productivity within Academic Otolaryngology Departments

Eloy

Svider

Chandrasekhar

et al. 2012

Otolaryngol.--head neck surg.

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Objective. To examine whether there are gender disparities in scholarly productivity within academic otolaryngology departments, as measured by academic rank and the h-index, a published, objective measure of research contributions that quantifies the number and significance of papers published by a given author.Study Design and Setting. Analysis of bibliometric data of academic otolaryngologists.Methods. Faculty listings from academic otolaryngology departments were used to determine academic rank and gender. The Scopus database was used to determine h-index and publication range (in years) of these faculty members. In addition, 20 randomly chosen institutions were used to compare academic otolaryngologists to faculty members in other surgical specialties.Results. Mean h-indices increased through the rank of professor. Among academic otolaryngologists, men had significantly higher h-indices than women, a finding also noted on examination of faculty members from other specialties. Men had higher research productivity rates at earlier points in their career than women did. The productivity rates of women increased and equaled or surpassed those of men later in their careers. Men had higher absolute h-index values at junior academic ranks. Women academic otolaryngologists of senior rank had higher absolute h-indices than their male counterparts.Conclusions. The h-index measures research significance in an objective manner and indicates that although men have higher overall research productivity in academic otolaryngology, women demonstrate a different productivity curve. Women produce less research output earlier in their careers than men do, but at senior levels, they equal or exceed the research productivity of men. Keywordsgender, gender disparity, h-index, academic promotion, academic productivity, faculty productivity, surgical faculty productivity, academic physician scientific productivity, academic rank determination, academic rank in surgical specialties Received July 13, 2012; revised September 19, 2012; accepted October 8, 2012. T he proportion of women pursuing careers in medicine has dramatically increased, as women now comprise nearly half of US medical students.1-6 Although this trend is consistent with societal strides in gender equality, further examination among specific medical disciplines reveals notable demographic differences. Women have disproportionately entered primary care and nonsurgical careers, while surgical specialties have traditionally had difficulty recruiting and retaining female trainees. 3,[7][8][9] In addition, women are underrepresented in academic practice

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Measurable Progress in Female Authorship in Otolaryngology

Abstract: Female authorship has shown significant and steady increases in the otolaryngology literature, particularly in the past decade. Increased rates of publication from female otolaryngologists within most subspecialties have resulted in similar rates of publication across the subspecialties.

Cited by 58 publications

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Assessing the Gap in Female Authorship in Radiology: Trends Over the Past Two Decades

Assessing the Gap in Female Authorship in Radiology: Trends Over the Past Two Decades

Female authorship in major academic gastroenterology journals: a look over 20 years

Gender Disparities in Scholarly Productivity within Academic Otolaryngology Departments

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