Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical College.
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.
J Glaucoma. 2020 Jul;29(7):561-566. doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000001503.
PRéCIS:: Publications in glaucoma have seen an increase in the number of authors and disclosures per article, authors with dual degrees, and international authors, but contributions of women to articles published remains low.
Authorship trends have been studied across many medical specialties and in ophthalmology as a whole, but not specifically in glaucoma. The authors explored the authorship trends of original scientific articles in the Journal of Glaucoma.
The authors recorded the number of authors and disclosures per article, degree type of first and last authors, geographical origin of the corresponding author, and sex of first and last authors of original content from the Journal of Glaucoma published in 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017.
A total of 642 articles were analyzed. From 1992 to 2017, annual published articles increased from 38 to 242 (P=0.02), the mean number of authors per article increased from 3.2 to 5.2 (P<0.01), the mean number of disclosures per article increased from 0.3 to 1.0 (P=0.04), the proportion of first and last authors with dual degrees (medical plus advanced degrees) also increased (both P<0.03), whereas the proportion with a sole medical degree decreased (both P<0.05). There was a proportional decrease in articles from North America (P=0.03), and proportional increase from the "Far East" (P=0.04) and "Other" regions (P=0.04). No significant changes in proportions of female first and last authors were found (both P>0.28).
Consistent with authorship trends across various other medical specialties, glaucoma has seen an increase in the number of authors and disclosures per article, authors with dual degrees, and authors from the "Far East" and "Other" regions. However, contributions of women to articles published in Journal of Glaucoma remain low.
作者探讨了《青光眼杂志》原创科学文章的作者趋势。
作者记录了《青光眼杂志》1992 年、1997 年、2002 年、2007 年、2012 年和 2017 年发表的原始内容的文章作者人数和披露数、第一作者和最后作者学位类型、通讯作者所在地、第一作者和最后作者的性别。
共分析了 642 篇文章。1992 年至 2017 年，年发表文章数量从 38 篇增加到 242 篇（P=0.02），每篇文章的平均作者人数从 3.2 人增加到 5.2 人（P<0.01），每篇文章的平均披露人数从 0.3 人增加到 1.0 人（P=0.04），具有双重学位（医学加高级学位）的第一作者和最后作者的比例也增加（均 P<0.03），而具有单一医学学位的比例下降（均 P<0.05）。来自北美的文章比例下降（P=0.03），来自“远东”和“其他”地区的文章比例增加（均 P=0.04）。未发现女性第一作者和最后作者的比例有显著变化（均 P>0.28）。
与其他各种医学专业的作者趋势一致，青光眼每篇文章的作者人数和披露人数、具有双重学位的作者以及来自“远东”和“其他”地区的作者都有所增加。然而，女性对《青光眼杂志》发表文章的贡献仍然较低。
