Department of Neurosurgery, Ochsner Neuroscience Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Department of Neurosurgery, Ochsner Neuroscience Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
World Neurosurg. 2021 Aug;152:154-161. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.04.056. Epub 2021 Apr 22.
The ongoing trend of societal evolution in contemporary civilization has allowed increased inclusion of heterogenous identity groups into fields, such as neurosurgery, where certain groups have traditionally been underrepresented. In regard to the field of neurosurgery, the increasing recognition of the disparities faced by women is illustrated by a growing body of academic literature.
We conducted a bibliometric analysis querying the PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Embase databases for articles on women in neurosurgery using the MeSH terms "woman," "women," "gender," neurosurgery," neurological surgery," and "neurosurgeon." Articles were excluded if they did not concern societal impact of nonmale population in the context of neurosurgery. Total citations, mean citations per year, publishing journal information, and author demographics were abstracted from included reports. Associations between abstracted continuous variables were evaluated using the Pearson correlation coefficient. Derived P values < 0.05 were taken as significant.
A total of 49 articles were included. Total numbers of citations per report were positively associated with mean citations per year (r = 0.7289, P = 0.0253), the latter of which was slightly negatively associated with the age of the report (r = -0.0413, P = 0.0009). Age of publication year was found to be negatively correlated with the number of reports published per year (r = -0.648, P = 0.0066). Total citations per reports were significantly correlated with increased numbers of citations during the last completed calendar year (2019: r = 0.8956, P = 0.0397).
Recognition in societal evolutionary trends as evidenced by academic activity has shown increased focus on the explicit and intrinsic biases faced by women in neurosurgery. Recent years have seen significant increases in published reports concerning the subject, as well as rising academic impact per a given report. This phenomenon is speculated to continue, and understanding to broaden as societal perception continues to develop.
当代文明中社会演变的持续趋势使得越来越多的异质身份群体被纳入神经外科等领域，而某些群体在这些领域的代表性一直不足。在神经外科领域，越来越多的人认识到女性所面临的差距，这体现在越来越多的学术文献中。
我们使用 MeSH 术语“女性”、“妇女”、“性别”、“神经外科”、“神经外科学”和“神经外科医生”，在 PubMed、Web of Science、Scopus 和 Embase 数据库中进行了关于女性神经外科的文献计量分析查询。如果文章不涉及神经外科中非男性群体的社会影响，则将其排除在外。从纳入的报告中提取总引文数、平均每年引文数、出版期刊信息和作者人口统计学数据。使用 Pearson 相关系数评估提取的连续变量之间的关联。得出的 P 值<0.05 被认为具有统计学意义。
共纳入 49 篇文章。报告的总引文数与平均每年的引文数呈正相关（r=0.7289，P=0.0253），后者与报告的年龄呈轻微负相关（r=-0.0413，P=0.0009）。出版年份的年龄与每年发表的报告数量呈负相关（r=-0.648，P=0.0066）。报告的总引文数与上一个完整日历年内的引文数显著相关（2019 年：r=0.8956，P=0.0397）。
学术活动所证明的社会演变趋势的认识表明，人们越来越关注神经外科女性所面临的明确和内在偏见。近年来，有关这一主题的发表报告数量显著增加，每份报告的学术影响力也有所提高。这种现象预计将继续下去，随着社会认知的不断发展，理解也将不断扩大。
