Geltzeiler Cristina B, Kelley Katherine A, Srikanth Priya, Deveney Karen E, Diamond Sarah, Thomas Charles R, Enestvedt Brintha K, Tsikitis Vassiliki L
1 Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 2 OHSU/PSU School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 3 Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 4 Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
Dis Colon Rectum. 2017 May;60(5):537-543. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000746.
Underrepresentation of highly ranked women in academic surgery is recognized.
Our objective was to examine whether sex differences exist in faculty representation, academic rank, and publication productivity among colorectal faculty in fellowship programs.
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons fellowship program faculty were identified. Bibliometric data were obtained for each faculty member, including Hirsch index, the Hirsch index divided by research career duration, and number of publications. Linear mixed-effect regression models were constructed to determine the association between the Hirsch index and the Hirsch index divided by research career duration and sex, when controlling for institutional measures. A subset analysis of academic faculty examined the association between academic rank, sex, and Hirsch index and the Hirsch index divided by research career duration.
Colorectal fellowship programs, defined as academic, satellite-academic, and nonacademic, were evaluated.
Three hundred fifty-eight faculty members were examined across 55 training programs; 22% (n = 77) were women and 78% (n = 281) were men. Sixty-one percent (n = 220) practiced in an academic setting, 23% (n = 84) in a satellite-academic setting, and 15% (n = 54) in a nonacademic setting. There was no difference in median number of publications between sexes (15 vs 10, p = 0.33); men, however, had longer careers (18 vs 11 years, p < 0.001). When controlling for confounders, there was no difference in the Hirsch index (p = 0.42) or the Hirsch index divided by research career duration (p = 0.73) between sexes. Academic rank was significantly associated with Hirsch index and the Hirsch index divided by research career duration (p < 0.001) after controlling for sex.
Our assessment of association between publication productivity and academic rank was only possible in the subset of academic faculty. In addition, this study is limited by its retrospective nature.
We found no difference in median number of publications between men and women. When controlling for possible confounders, sex was not a significant predictor of a faculty member's publication productivity, as measured by the Hirsch index or the Hirsch index divided by research career duration; academic rank, however, was.
学术外科领域中高排名女性的代表性不足已得到认可。
我们的目的是研究结直肠专科培训项目中教职人员的代表性、学术排名和发表成果方面是否存在性别差异。
确定美国结直肠外科医师协会专科培训项目的教职人员。获取每位教职人员的文献计量数据，包括赫希指数、赫希指数除以研究职业生涯时长以及发表论文数量。构建线性混合效应回归模型，在控制机构指标的情况下，确定赫希指数、赫希指数除以研究职业生涯时长与性别的关联。对学术教职人员的子集分析考察了学术排名、性别与赫希指数以及赫希指数除以研究职业生涯时长之间的关联。
对定义为学术型、卫星学术型和非学术型的结直肠专科培训项目进行评估。
对55个培训项目中的358名教职人员进行了考察；22%（n = 77）为女性，78%（n = 281）为男性。61%（n = 220）在学术机构执业，23%（n = 84）在卫星学术机构执业，15%（n = 54）在非学术机构执业。男女发表论文数量的中位数无差异（15对10，p = 0.33）；然而，男性的职业生涯更长（18年对11年，p < 0.001）。在控制混杂因素后，男女之间的赫希指数（p = 0.42）或赫希指数除以研究职业生涯时长（p = 0.73）无差异。在控制性别后，学术排名与赫希指数以及赫希指数除以研究职业生涯时长显著相关（p < 0.001）。
我们对发表成果与学术排名之间关联的评估仅在学术教职人员子集中可行。此外，本研究受其回顾性性质的限制。
我们发现男女发表论文数量的中位数无差异。在控制可能的混杂因素后，以赫希指数或赫希指数除以研究职业生涯时长衡量，性别并非教职人员发表成果的显著预测因素；然而，学术排名是。
