Research Productivity and Gender Disparities: A Look at Academic Plastic Surgery

Paik, Angie M.; Mady, Leila J.; Villanueva, Nathaniel L.; Goljo, Erden; Svider, Peter F.; Ciminello, Frank S.; Eloy, Jean Anderson

doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.01.010

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“…11,17 At the assistant professor level, their h-index was lower than that of males but this discrepancy disappeared at more senior ranks. Women were more junior in rank with only 16% being full professors compared with 49% of men.…”

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“…Several metrics used to assess research productivity, including total number of publications or citations, 11–13 fail to capture an author’s academic influence. 13–16 The h-index evaluates effect and quantity of an individual’s research contributions by combining the number of published articles with the citation frequency.…”

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“…11,17–20 However, women exhibited different productivity curves than men with less productivity early but equal or superior productivity later in their careers. 1,17,18,21,22 …”

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“…Women comprise 51.8% of obstetrician–gynecologists, compared with 12–20% of these other surgical subspecialties 11,17,23 with the highest proportion of female residents of any specialty (82.6%). 23 Women make up 35.7% of gynecologic oncologists and 74.2% of gynecologic oncology fellows.…”

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Gender Differences in Scholarly Productivity Within Academic Gynecologic Oncology Departments

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Obstetrics &Amp; Gynecology

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OBJECTIVE To estimate whether there is a gender difference in scholarly productivity among academic gynecologic oncologists. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, the academic rank and gender of gynecologic oncology faculty in the United States were determined from online residency and fellowship directories and departmental web sites. Each individual’s h-index and years of publication were determined from Scopus (a citation database of peer-reviewed literature). The h-index is a quantification of an author’s scholarly productivity that combines the number of publications with the number of times the publications have been cited. We generated descriptive statistics and compared rank, gender, and productivity scores. RESULTS Five hundred seven academic faculty within 137 U.S. teaching programs were identified. Of these, 215 (42%) were female and 292 (58%) were male. Men had significantly higher median h-indices than women, 16 compared with 8, respectively (P<.001). Women were more likely to be of junior academic rank with 63% of assistant professors being female compared with 20% of full professors. When stratifying h-indices by gender and academic rank, men had significantly higher h-indices at the assistant professor level (7 compared with 5, P<.001); however, this difference disappeared at the higher ranks. Stratifying by the years of active publication, there was no significant difference between genders. CONCLUSION Female gynecologic oncologists at the assistant professor level had lower scholarly productivity than men; however, at higher academic ranks, they equaled their male counterparts. Women were more junior in rank, had published for fewer years, and were underrepresented in leadership positions.

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“…11,17–20 However, women exhibited different productivity curves than men with less productivity early but equal or superior productivity later in their careers. 1,17,18,21,22 …”

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“…6,7 For example, if an author has published 20 papers, and 12 of those papers have at least 12 citations (ie, the author's 13th paper has less than 13 citations), an author has an h-index of 12. Despite the fact that it was originally introduced in the physical sciences, recent studies in multiple specialties in academic medicine have validated the h-index, including radiology, 3,8 radiation oncology, 9 emergency medicine, 10 anesthesiology, [11][12][13] otolaryngology, 4,14,15 neurosurgery, 5,16 urology, 17 plastic surgery, 2,18,19 oral and maxillofacial surgery, 20 and hand surgery. 21 With literature continuing to support the use of the h-index in academic medicine, one must consider the influence of self-citation.…”

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What Effect Does Self-Citation Have on Bibliometric Measures in Academic Plastic Surgery?

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Susarla

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Annals of Plastic Surgery

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Sex Differences in Academic Productivity Across Academic Ranks and Specialties in Academic Medicine

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Wang

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JAMA Netw Open

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IMPORTANCE Despite equal numbers of men and women entering medical school, women are underrepresented in the upper echelons of academic medicine and receive less compensation and research funding. Citation-related publication productivity metrics, such as the h-index, are increasingly used for hiring, salary, grants, retention, promotion, and tenure decisions. Exploring sex differences in these metrics across academic medicine provides deeper insight into why differences are observed in career outcomes. OBJECTIVE To systematically examine the available literature on sex differences in h-index of academic faculty physicians across all medical specialties and all levels of academic rank.

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Research Productivity and Gender Disparities: A Look at Academic Plastic Surgery

Cited by 107 publications

References 46 publications

Gender Differences in Scholarly Productivity Within Academic Gynecologic Oncology Departments

Gender Differences in Scholarly Productivity Within Academic Gynecologic Oncology Departments

What Effect Does Self-Citation Have on Bibliometric Measures in Academic Plastic Surgery?

Sex Differences in Academic Productivity Across Academic Ranks and Specialties in Academic Medicine

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