Department of Ophthalmology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 May 1;138(5):451-458. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.0164.
Because women remain underrepresented in leadership positions in medicine, including ophthalmology, knowledge of sex composition of ophthalmic journal editorial and professional society boards seems warranted.
To investigate the sex composition of ophthalmic journal editorial and professional society boards and compare the publication productivity and number of citations of male vs female board members.
DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: In this cross-sectional study, the SCImago Journal Rank indicator was used to identify the 20 highest-ranked ophthalmology journals. Faculty members from each ophthalmic subspecialty were surveyed within a US academic ophthalmology department to identify 15 influential ophthalmology societies. The 2018 board members of each journal and society were identified from the journals' and societies' official websites, and the sex of each individual was recorded. Information regarding journals and societies was collected from October 1 to December 31, 2018. The Scopus database was accessed in January 2019 and then used to find each member's h-index and m-quotient.
The h-index, defined as the highest number of an author's publications that received at least h number of citations, was calculated for each board member. The m-quotient, which accounts for varying lengths of academic careers, was calculated by dividing the h-index by the number of years since first publication.
Of the 1077 members of ophthalmic journal editorial and society leadership boards, 797 (74.0%) were men and 280 (26.0%) were women. Among the 24 editors in chief of the 20 journals investigated, 23 (95.8%) were male. Thirteen of the 15 professional society presidents (86.7%) were men. Male board members had significantly higher median h-indexes (male vs female journals: 34 [interquartile range {IQR}, 23-47] vs 28 [IQR, 19-40], P < .001; male vs female societies: 27 [IQR, 15-41] vs 17 [IQR, 8-32], P = .006), median publication numbers (male vs female journal board members: 157 [IQR, 88-254] vs 109 [IQR, 66-188], P < .001; male vs female society board members: 109 [IQR, 57-190] vs 58 [IQR, 28-139, P = .001), and median citations (male vs female journal board members: 4027 [IQR, 1897-8005] vs 2871 [IQR, 1344-5852], P < .001; male vs female society board members: 2228 [IQR, 1005-5069] vs 1090 [IQR, 410-2527], P = .003). However, the median m-quotients for male and female board members were comparable (male vs female journal board members: 1.2 [IQR, 0.8-1.6] vs 1.1 [IQR, 0.8-1.5], P = .54; male vs female society board members: 1.0 [IQR, 0.7-1.4] vs 0.9 [IQR, 0.6-1.3], P = .32).
The findings suggest that the sex composition on journal editorial and professional society boards in ophthalmology is consistent with the sex composition of ophthalmologists in the US, as reported by the Association of American Colleges, but that editor in chief and society president positions are male dominated despite the apparent equality in academic productivity.
重要性：由于女性在医学领域，包括眼科，的领导职位中仍然代表性不足，因此似乎有必要了解眼科期刊编辑和专业学会委员会的性别构成。
目的：调查眼科期刊编辑和专业学会委员会的性别构成，并比较男性和女性委员的出版生产力和引用数量。
设计、设置和参与者：在这项横断面研究中，使用 Scimago 期刊排名指标确定了 20 种排名最高的眼科期刊。在美国一所学术眼科系内，对每个眼科亚专业的教员进行调查，以确定 15 个有影响力的眼科学会。从期刊和学会的官方网站上确定每个期刊和学会的 2018 年董事会成员，并记录每个人的性别。于 2018 年 10 月 1 日至 12 月 31 日收集期刊和学会的信息。于 2019 年 1 月访问 Scopus 数据库，然后使用该数据库查找每个成员的 h 指数和 m 系数。
主要结果和措施：为每个董事会成员计算了 h 指数，定义为作者发表的论文中至少有 h 篇论文被引用的最高数量。m 系数考虑了不同的学术生涯长度，通过将 h 指数除以首次发表论文以来的年数来计算。
结果：在调查的 20 种期刊和 15 个专业学会领导委员会的 1077 名成员中，797 名（74.0%）为男性，280 名（26.0%）为女性。在所调查的 20 种期刊的 24 名主编中，23 名（95.8%）为男性。15 个专业学会主席中有 13 名（86.7%）为男性。男性董事会成员的中位数 h 指数显著较高（男性与女性期刊：34 [四分位距 {IQR}，23-47] 与 28 [IQR，19-40]，P < .001；男性与女性学会：27 [IQR，15-41] 与 17 [IQR，8-32]，P = .006）、中位数发文数量（男性与女性期刊委员会成员：157 [IQR，88-254] 与 109 [IQR，66-188]，P < .001；男性与女性学会委员会成员：109 [IQR，57-190] 与 58 [IQR，28-139]，P = .001）和中位数引用次数（男性与女性期刊委员会成员：4027 [IQR，1897-8005] 与 2871 [IQR，1344-5852]，P < .001；男性与女性学会委员会成员：2228 [IQR，1005-5069] 与 1090 [IQR，410-2527]，P = .003）。然而，男性和女性董事会成员的中位数 m 系数相当（男性与女性期刊委员会成员：1.2 [IQR，0.8-1.6] 与 1.1 [IQR，0.8-1.5]，P = .54；男性与女性学会委员会成员：1.0 [IQR，0.7-1.4] 与 0.9 [IQR，0.6-1.3]，P = .32）。
结论和相关性：研究结果表明，眼科期刊编辑和专业学会委员会的性别构成与美国大学眼科协会报告的美国眼科医生的性别构成一致，但主编和学会主席职位男性主导，尽管在学术生产力方面似乎平等。
