Conzen Catharina, Hakvoort Karlijn, Clusmann Hans, Höllig Anke
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Brain Sci. 2021 Jun 23;11(7):834. doi: 10.3390/brainsci11070834.
The study aims to provide data on authors' gender distribution with special attention on publications from Europe. Articles (October 2019-March 2020) published in three representative neurosurgical journals () were analyzed with regard to female participation. Out of 648 publications, 503 original articles were analyzed: 17.5% ( = 670) of the 3.821 authors were female, with 15.7% ( = 79) females as first and 9.5% ( = 48) as last authors. The lowest ratio of female first and last authors was seen in original articles published in the (12.3%/7.7% vs. 14.9%/10.6% and 23.0/11.5%). Articles originated in Europe made up 29.8% (female author ratio 21.1% ( = 226)). Female first authorship was seen in 20.7% and last authorship in 10.7% (15.3% and 7.3% were affiliated to a neurosurgical department). The percentages of female authorship were lower if non-original articles ( = 145) were analyzed (11.7% first/4.8% last authorships). Female participation in editorial boards was 8.0%. Considering the percentages of European female neurosurgeons, the current data are proportional. However, the lack of female last authors, the discrepancy regarding non-original articles and the composition of the editorial boards indicate that there still is a structural underrepresentation and that females are limited in achieving powerful positions.
该研究旨在提供作者性别分布数据，特别关注来自欧洲的出版物。对在三种代表性神经外科期刊（）上发表的文章（2019年10月至2020年3月）进行了女性参与情况分析。在648篇出版物中，分析了503篇原创文章：3821名作者中有17.5%（=670）为女性，其中15.7%（=79）为第一作者，9.5%（=48）为最后作者。在发表于的原创文章中，女性第一作者和最后作者的比例最低（分别为12.3%/7.7%，而在和中分别为14.9%/10.6%以及23.0%/11.5%）。源自欧洲的文章占29.8%（女性作者比例为21.1%（=226））。女性第一作者占20.7%，最后作者占10.7%（15.3%和7.3%隶属于神经外科部门）。如果分析非原创文章（=145），女性作者的比例较低（第一作者为11.7%/最后作者为4.8%）。女性在编辑委员会中的参与率为8.0%。考虑到欧洲女性神经外科医生的比例，目前的数据是成比例的。然而，女性最后作者的缺乏、非原创文章方面的差异以及编辑委员会的组成表明，仍然存在结构性的代表性不足，并且女性在获得有影响力的职位方面受到限制。
