Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1130 West Michigan Street, FH 115, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Ann Biomed Eng. 2019 May;47(5):1171-1180. doi: 10.1007/s10439-019-02222-3. Epub 2019 Feb 14.
In academia, manuscripts serve as an important component of career development. The past several years have seen heightened evaluation of the role of the gender gap in career advancement, as well as other bibliometric changes in publications. We therefore analyzed authorship and publication trends in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering over the past three decades (one complete year of manuscripts for each decade; 1986, 1996, 2006, and 2016). The variables analyzed were number of authors per manuscript, numerical position of the corresponding author, number of collaborating institutions and countries, number of references, and number of citations per manuscript. The gender of both the first and corresponding authors was identified and analyzed over time and by region. Globally, the percentage of female first and corresponding authors significantly increased from 0% in 1986 to 28.6% (p = 0.003) and 20.4% (p = 0.0009), respectively, in 2016. Although there were significant differences regarding female first and corresponding author over time, they did not vary by region of origin (p = 0.5 and 0.2, respectively). Overall, these findings highlight the improvements made and the challenges that still exist related to publishing within the bioengineering field.
在学术界，手稿是职业发展的重要组成部分。过去几年，人们越来越重视性别差距在职业发展中的作用，以及出版物中其他文献计量学的变化。因此，我们分析了过去三十年《生物医学工程年鉴》（Annals of Biomedical Engineering）的作者和出版趋势（每个十年有一整年的手稿；1986 年、1996 年、2006 年和 2016 年）。分析的变量包括每篇手稿的作者人数、通讯作者的数字位置、合作机构和国家的数量、参考文献的数量以及每篇手稿的引用数量。同时还分析了第一作者和通讯作者的性别，并按时间和地区进行了分析。在全球范围内，女性第一作者和通讯作者的比例从 1986 年的 0%显著增加到 2016 年的 28.6%（p=0.003）和 20.4%（p=0.0009）。尽管第一作者和通讯作者的比例随时间有显著差异，但它们不受原籍地区的影响（分别为 p=0.5 和 0.2）。总的来说，这些发现突出了在生物工程领域出版方面取得的进展和仍然存在的挑战。
