From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, and the Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine; the Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin; the Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan; and the VA Center for Clinical Management Research.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Jun;143(6):1798-1806. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005672.
Participation in scientific meetings yields multiple benefits, yet participation opportunities may not be equally afforded to men and women. The authors' primary goal was to evaluate the representation of men and women at five major academic plastic surgery meetings in 2017. Secondarily, the authors used bibliometric data to compare academic productivity between male and female physician invited speakers or moderators.
The authors compiled information regarding male and female invited speakers from meeting programs. Bibliometric data (h-index, m-value) and metrics of academic productivity (numbers of career publications, publications in 2015 to 2016, career peer-reviewed publications, first and senior author publications) for invited speakers were extracted from Scopus and analyzed.
There were 282 academic physician invited speakers at the five 2017 meetings. Women constituted 14.5 percent. Univariate analysis showed no differences in h-index, m-value, or numbers of total career publications or first and last author publications at the assistant and associate professor ranks, but higher values for men at the professor level. A model of academic rank based on bibliometric and demographic variables showed male gender significantly associated with increased probability of holding a professor title, even when controlling for academic achievement markers (OR, 2.17; 95 percent CI, 1.61 to 2.92).
Although the impact of women's published work was no different than that of men among junior and midcareer faculty, women constitute a minority of invited speakers at academic plastic surgery meetings. Sponsorship is imperative for achieving gender balance within plastic surgery and to ultimately create more diverse and effective teams to improve patient care.
参与科学会议有诸多益处，但男性和女性获得的参与机会可能并不均等。作者的主要目标是评估 2017 年五大学术整形外科学术会议中男性和女性的代表情况。其次，作者使用文献计量学数据比较了受邀男性和女性医师演讲者或主持人的学术生产力。
作者从会议议程中汇编了关于受邀男性和女性演讲者的信息。从 Scopus 中提取并分析了演讲者的文献计量学数据（h 指数、m 值）和学术生产力指标（职业出版物数量、2015 年至 2016 年的出版物数量、职业同行评审出版物数量、第一作者和资深作者出版物数量）。
在 2017 年的五次会议上，共有 282 名学术医师受邀演讲。女性占 14.5%。单变量分析显示，在助理教授和副教授级别，h 指数、m 值或总职业出版物数量以及第一作者和最后作者出版物数量上没有差异，但在教授级别上男性的数值更高。基于文献计量学和人口统计学变量的学术排名模型显示，男性性别与教授职位的获得概率显著相关，即使在控制了学术成就指标后（OR，2.17；95%CI，1.61 至 2.92）。
尽管女性发表的作品在初级和中级职业教师中的影响力与男性相同，但女性在学术整形外科学术会议上仍然只占少数。要实现整形外科学术领域的性别平衡，并最终建立更多元化、更有效的团队以改善患者护理，赞助是必不可少的。
