Division of Transplantation Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
J Surg Res. 2021 Mar;259:271-275. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.09.037. Epub 2020 Nov 5.
Despite an increase in the number of practicing female physicians, gender disparities in academic medicine persist. For investigating gender gap in the transplantation field, this study examined the relationship between gender and authorship among medical and surgical transplant physicians.
In this observational study, all original clinical science articles published in the journals of Transplantation, American Journal of Transplantation, and Clinical Transplantation were reviewed from January 2008 to December 2017. Chi-square analysis was used to compare the proportions of female and male authors, and the Cochrane-Armitage test was used for comparisons over time.
A total of 2530 publications and 2988 individual authors met the inclusion criteria for the study. Male physicians published significantly more articles compared to female physicians as first (67.4% versus 30.4%) and senior authors (82.9% versus 16.2%), respectively. There were increases in the proportion of female first and senior authors between 2008 and 2017. The majority of authors with multiple publications were male (73.6%), specifically male medical physicians (44.3%). Male medical physicians were the most productive in publication amount and authorship positions.
While research activity among female physicians increased over time, gender disparity continues to exist among female and male physicians in the transplantation field. Academic activity is lower among females in publication amount and authorship positions. These trends emphasize the need to identify barriers to female physician academic productivity within the transplantation field.
尽管执业女医师的人数有所增加，但学术医学领域的性别差距仍然存在。为了研究移植领域的性别差距，本研究调查了医学和外科移植医师中的性别与作者身份之间的关系。
在这项观察性研究中，对 2008 年 1 月至 2017 年 12 月期间在《移植杂志》、《美国移植杂志》和《临床移植杂志》上发表的所有原始临床科学文章进行了回顾。使用卡方分析比较男女作者的比例，使用 Cochrane-Armitage 检验比较随时间的变化。
共有 2530 篇出版物和 2988 名独立作者符合研究纳入标准。与女医师相比，男医师作为第一作者（67.4%比 30.4%）和资深作者（82.9%比 16.2%）发表的文章明显更多。2008 年至 2017 年间，女性第一作者和资深作者的比例有所增加。具有多篇出版物的作者中大多数是男性（73.6%），特别是男性医学医师（44.3%）。男性医学医师在发表数量和作者职位方面的生产力最高。
虽然女医师的研究活动随着时间的推移有所增加，但在移植领域，女性和男性医师之间仍然存在性别差距。在发表数量和作者职位方面，女性的学术活动较少。这些趋势强调了需要确定移植领域女性医师学术生产力的障碍。
