Department of Radiology, Emory University Hospital, GA.
Department of Radiology, Emory University Hospital, GA.
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2021 Nov-Dec;50(6):835-841. doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.09.011. Epub 2020 Oct 14.
To evaluate gender distribution in radiology professional society leadership positions. Our study intends to assess and compare the gender distribution among leadership roles and professional society committee memberships of the radiology societies and seek an understanding of potential associations between gender, academic research metrics, institutional academic rank, and leadership roles.
We identified radiology professional society committee members to assess relative gender composition in 28 radiology societies in North America, Europe, and Australia/New Zealand. The research metrics were obtained from the SCOPUS database and demographics and institutional affiliation through institutional websites' internet searches. Gender distribution by academic ranks and other discontinuous variables were analyzed using the Chi-Square test. Wallis tests.
Of the 3011 members of society committees, 67.9% were male, and 32.1% female. Among all the society members, the data showed that the proportion of committee members holding leadership positions was comparable between males (25.7%) and females (22.5%). However, when we did a subgroup analysis and disaggregated the data by leadership positions, we noted that among those who held the leadership positions, the proportion of males was more significant (n = 526, 70.7%) compared to females (n = 218, 29.3%). Overall, males had higher median publications, citations, H-indices, and active years of research (P< 0.0001). At all university academic ranks, men outnumbered females (P = 0.0015, Chi-square 15.38), with the most considerable disparity at the rank of professor (71.9% male, 28.1% female, P = 0.0003).
There was male predominance amongst committee members in radiology societies. Our study found no significant differences between those in leadership positions, suggesting that once a member of a committee, females are equally likely as males to attain leadership positions. Analysis of committee members' academic rank and committee leaders demonstrated underrepresentation of females at higher academic ranks, and males overall had higher research metrics than females.
评估放射学专业学会领导层中的性别分布。我们的研究旨在评估和比较北美、欧洲和澳大拉西亚/新西兰 28 个放射学会领导角色和专业学会委员会成员中的性别分布，并了解性别、学术研究指标、机构学术职称与领导角色之间的潜在关联。
我们确定了放射学专业学会委员会成员，以评估北美、欧洲和澳大拉西亚/新西兰 28 个放射学会中的相对性别构成。研究指标是从 SCOPUS 数据库获得的，而人口统计学和机构隶属关系则通过机构网站的互联网搜索获得。使用卡方检验、Wallis 检验分析学术职称和其他不连续变量的性别分布。
在学会委员会的 3011 名成员中，男性占 67.9%，女性占 32.1%。在所有学会成员中，数据显示担任领导职务的委员会成员比例在男性（25.7%）和女性（22.5%）之间相当。然而，当我们进行亚组分析并按领导职位细分数据时，我们注意到在担任领导职位的人员中，男性的比例更为显著（n=526，70.7%），而女性（n=218，29.3%）。总体而言，男性的平均出版物、引文、H 指数和活跃研究年限更高（P<0.0001）。在所有大学学术职称中，男性多于女性（P=0.0015，卡方 15.38），在教授职称中差异最大（71.9%男性，28.1%女性，P=0.0003）。
放射学会委员会成员中男性占主导地位。我们的研究发现，领导职位之间没有显著差异，这表明一旦成为委员会成员，女性与男性获得领导职位的可能性相等。对委员会成员的学术职称和委员会领导的分析表明，女性在较高学术职称中的代表性不足，而男性的整体研究指标高于女性。
