Trends in Female Authorship in High Impact Surgical Journals Between 2008 and 2018

Hart, Kamber L.; Boitano, Laura T.; Tanious, Adam; Conrad, Mark F.; Eagleton, Matthew J.; Lillemoe, Keith D.; Perlis, Roy H.; Srivastava, Sunita D.

doi:10.1097/sla.0000000000004057

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“…This is encouraging regarding the issue of gender parity in the musculoskeletal literature. The same phenomenon has been noted in the surgical literature [ 126 – 128 ] over the last two decades, as well as in the neurosurgery literature [ 129 ] and thoracic surgery literature [ 130 ], but not in the oral/maxillofacial [ 131 ] or hepatopancreaticobiliary [ 132 ] literature. This is different from what has been previously observed in the general medical literature.…”

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Bibliometric Analysis of the English Musculoskeletal Literature over the Last 30 Years

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Kacena

Ogbemudia

et al. 2021

The Scientific World Journal

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Publication and authorship are important in academia for career advancement, obtaining grants, and improved patient care. There has been a recent interest in bibliometric changes over time, especially regarding the gender gap. The purpose of this study was to explore bibliometric changes in the musculoskeletal literature. Bibliometric variables (number of authors, institutions, countries, pages, references, corresponding author position, author gender, geographic region of origin, and editorial board makeup) were analyzed for 5 basic science and 12 clinically oriented musculoskeletal journals from 1985 through 2016. Statistical analyses comprised bivariate analyses, multifactorial ANOVAs, and logistic regression analyses. A p < 0.005 was considered significant. Nearly, all variables increased over time. Asia had the highest number of authors and corresponding author positions, Australia/New Zealand the highest number of institutions and references, North America the highest number of pages, and Europe the highest number of countries. Those with a female first author had more authors, institutions, countries, references, and pages. Likewise, those with a female corresponding author had more authors, institutions, countries, references, and pages. Single-authored manuscripts decreased over time. The percentage of female first authors rose from 10.8% in 1985–1987 to 23.7% in 2015–2016. There were more female 1st authors in the basic science journals compared to the clinical journals (33.2% vs. 12.7%). Single-authored manuscripts were more likely to be written by males (5.1 vs. 2.4%) and decreased over time. The many differences by geographic region of origin likely reflect different socio/cultural attitudes regarding academia and research, as well as the gender composition of the disciplines by geographic region. Overall, there has been an increase in the number of female 1st and corresponding authors, editorial board members, and chief editors, indicating a slow but progressive narrowing of the gender gap.

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Bibliometric Analysis of the English Musculoskeletal Literature over the Last 30 Years

Loder

Kacena

Ogbemudia

et al. 2021

The Scientific World Journal

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“… 12 Between 2008 and 2018, 21.0% of authors in the Journal of Vascular Surgery were female, including 22.6% of first authors and 12.4% of last authors. 4 A larger analysis of the Journal of Vascular Surgery, European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, and Annals of Vascular Surgery between 2015 and 2019 found that 25.0% of first authors and 9.9% of last authors were female. 5 Our findings, although across the entire specialty and its journals, suggest a notable drop in female authorship 6 months into the pandemic but recuperation during the following 6 months.…”

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confidence: 99%

“… 3 Female authorship in vascular surgery research has previously been shown to be underrepresented. 4 , 5 Given the documented toll of supplemental responsibilities falling disproportionately on women during times of crisis, 6 , 7 a global pandemic has the potential to become an additional barrier for publication. Similarly, researchers from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), who already face financial and logistical significant barriers in publishing their work, are challenged by even fewer resources to engage in research as these move for the burden of COVID-19-positive patients.…”

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Vascular Surgery Research in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Sex-Based Bibliometric Analysis

Vervoort

Babar

et al. 2022

The American Surgeon™

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Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted vascular surgery services globally and its impact on researchers has illustrated disproportionate barriers for female researchers. We assessed the pandemic’s consequences on bibliometric trends in vascular surgery and vascular medicine throughout the pandemic. Methods A scoping review was performed using the PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, and EMBASE databases from January to December 2020 to identify articles related to COVID-19 and vascular surgery or vascular medicine. Articles only describing cardiac or neurovascular care were excluded. The scoping review was performed according to the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. Bibliometric data were extracted and analyzed. Results Four hundred and fourteen articles were identified, including 125 (30.2%) original articles, 42 (10.1%) review papers, 105 (25.4%) case reports, 27 (6.5%) editorials and commentaries, 94 (22.7%) letters and correspondences, and 21 (5.1%) conference abstracts. The 5 most common countries of study or discussion were all high-income countries. English was the predominant (n = 393, 94.9%) language. Funding was reported for 5.1% (n = 21) of articles. In the first 6 months, 17.6% (n = 30) of first authors and 10.6% (n = 18) of last authors were female, while the last 6 months saw an increase in representation to 30.6% (n = 74) and 15.6% (n = 38) for first and last author, respectively. Conclusion The pandemic caused a rapid surge in vascular publications related to COVID-19. Female authors remain underrepresented in vascular research and the share in female authorship has dropped early in the pandemic, but rose after the end of the first wave. High-income countries remain overrepresented in research productivity, alluding to important disparities in COVID-19-related literature.

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“…International studies reveal gender differences in publication productivity, with women surgeons publishing fewer scientific articles than their men counterparts [29]. Over the last ten years, there has been continuous and slow improvement in authorship by women of highimpact surgical journals [30]. However, these publications capture articles predominantly from North America and Europe, demonstrating a knowledge gap in the other regions of the world [31].…”

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Is authorship by women in Brazilian academic surgery increasing? A five-year retrospective analysis

Graner

Buda²,

Moura³

et al. 2022

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Women remain underrepresented in 80% of Brazilian surgical specialties, however, women representation within the Brazilian academic surgical literature remains unknown. This study aims to evaluate the gender distribution of first and last authors in Brazilian surgical journals. All publications between 2015 and 2019 from the five Brazilian surgical journals with the highest impact factor were reviewed. The first and last authors’ names were extracted from each article and a predictive algorithm was used to classify the gender of each author. Authors were further classified by surgical field and geographic region to investigate patterns of female authorship among journals, specialties, and region over the study period. Multivariable logistic regression was then used to identify factors independently associated with female authorship. 1844 articles were analyzed; 23% (426/1844) articles had female first authors, and 20% (348/1748) had female last authors. Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira was observed to have the highest rates for both first and last female authors (37%, 138/371; 26%, 95/370)) and Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (9%, 48/542; 10%, 54/522) had the lowest rates. Papers with a woman senior author were twice as likely to have a woman first author (OR 1.98, 95% CI 1.51–2.58, p≤0.01). Women’s representation in medicine is increasing in Brazil, yet women remain underrepresented as the first and last authors in the Brazilian surgical literature. Our results highlight the importance of senior women mentorship in academic surgery and demonstrate that promoting female surgeon senior authorship through academic and financial support will positively impact the number of female first authors.

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Trends in Female Authorship in High Impact Surgical Journals Between 2008 and 2018

Cited by 23 publications

References 30 publications

Bibliometric Analysis of the English Musculoskeletal Literature over the Last 30 Years

Bibliometric Analysis of the English Musculoskeletal Literature over the Last 30 Years

Vascular Surgery Research in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Sex-Based Bibliometric Analysis

Is authorship by women in Brazilian academic surgery increasing? A five-year retrospective analysis

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