Division of Urology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Division of Urology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Pediatric Urology, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH.
Urology. 2020 May;139:141-150. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2020.01.037. Epub 2020 Feb 15.
To review the literature of 5 pediatric urology topics and conduct gender based and forecasting analyses of first and corresponding authors.
A PubMed search was performed for hypospadias, hydronephrosis, vesicoureteral reflux, bladder and bowel dysfunction, and cryptorchidism over 3 decades from 1990 to 2019. The 50 most relevant "best match" papers from each decade were extracted by topic. Author gender, specialty, and advanced degrees, along with journal and publication variables were collected. Forecasting analyses were conducted through the Holt-Winters method.
Among 750 papers analyzed, 78% of corresponding and 70% of first authors were male. A significant upward trend was observed for female-authored publications in both first and corresponding positions over time (P <.01). Forecasting analyses predicted a continuing upward trend for female corresponding (55%) and first authors (83%) by 2049. Most studies originated from pediatric urology (59%), followed by pediatric surgery (9%) and endocrinology/genetics (5%). Papers focused in The Journal of Urology (30%) with the majority originating from the United States (38%). Most were retrospective (44%) and discussed medical (54%) versus surgical management (20%).
The majority of pediatric urology literature has been generated by male authors. A persistent, rising trend in female authorship across all examined pediatric urology topics was noted. These encouraging findings are projected to continue to increase in the future, suggesting a movement toward equal and fair gender representation in authorship in pediatric urology.
回顾 5 个小儿泌尿外科主题的文献，并对第一作者和通讯作者进行基于性别的分析和预测。
对 1990 年至 2019 年 30 年来的尿道下裂、肾积水、膀胱输尿管反流、膀胱和肠道功能障碍以及隐睾症等 5 个小儿泌尿外科主题进行了 PubMed 搜索。每个十年从每个主题中提取最相关的“最佳匹配”论文的前 50 篇。收集了作者的性别、专业和高等学位以及期刊和出版物变量。通过霍尔特-温特斯方法进行预测分析。
在分析的 750 篇论文中，78%的通讯作者和 70%的第一作者为男性。随着时间的推移，女性在第一和通讯作者中的出版数量呈明显上升趋势（P <.01）。预测分析预测，到 2049 年，女性通讯作者（55%）和第一作者（83%）的比例将继续上升。大多数研究来自小儿泌尿外科（59%），其次是小儿外科（9%）和内分泌/遗传学（5%）。论文主要发表在《泌尿外科杂志》（30%），其中 38%来自美国。大多数为回顾性研究（44%），讨论的是医疗（54%）而非手术治疗（20%）。
小儿泌尿外科文献主要由男性作者撰写。在所有检查的小儿泌尿外科主题中，女性作者的比例都呈持续上升趋势。这些令人鼓舞的发现预计在未来将继续增加，表明在小儿泌尿外科领域的作者中，性别平等和公平代表的趋势正在增强。
