Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Am Surg. 2023 May;89(5):2014-2019. doi: 10.1177/00031348221091965. Epub 2022 Apr 22.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted vascular surgery services globally and its impact on researchers has illustrated disproportionate barriers for female researchers. We assessed the pandemic's consequences on bibliometric trends in vascular surgery and vascular medicine throughout the pandemic.
A scoping review was performed using the PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, and EMBASE databases from January to December 2020 to identify articles related to COVID-19 and vascular surgery or vascular medicine. Articles only describing cardiac or neurovascular care were excluded. The scoping review was performed according to the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. Bibliometric data were extracted and analyzed.
Four hundred and fourteen articles were identified, including 125 (30.2%) original articles, 42 (10.1%) review papers, 105 (25.4%) case reports, 27 (6.5%) editorials and commentaries, 94 (22.7%) letters and correspondences, and 21 (5.1%) conference abstracts. The 5 most common countries of study or discussion were all high-income countries. English was the predominant (n = 393, 94.9%) language. Funding was reported for 5.1% (n = 21) of articles. In the first 6 months, 17.6% (n = 30) of first authors and 10.6% (n = 18) of last authors were female, while the last 6 months saw an increase in representation to 30.6% (n = 74) and 15.6% (n = 38) for first and last author, respectively.
The pandemic caused a rapid surge in vascular publications related to COVID-19. Female authors remain underrepresented in vascular research and the share in female authorship has dropped early in the pandemic, but rose after the end of the first wave. High-income countries remain overrepresented in research productivity, alluding to important disparities in COVID-19-related literature.
COVID-19 大流行在全球范围内扰乱了血管外科学服务，其对研究人员的影响表明，女性研究人员面临着不成比例的障碍。我们评估了大流行对血管外科学和血管医学整个大流行期间的文献计量趋势的影响。
使用 PubMed/MEDLINE、Scopus 和 EMBASE 数据库进行了范围审查，从 2020 年 1 月至 12 月，以确定与 COVID-19 和血管外科学或血管医学相关的文章。仅描述心脏或神经血管护理的文章被排除在外。范围审查是根据 PRISMA-ScR 指南进行的。提取和分析文献计量数据。
共确定了 414 篇文章，包括 125 篇（30.2%）原始文章、42 篇（10.1%）综述文章、105 篇（25.4%）病例报告、27 篇（6.5%）社论和评论、94 篇（22.7%）信函和通信以及 21 篇（5.1%）会议摘要。研究或讨论的 5 个最常见国家都是高收入国家。英语是主要语言（n = 393，94.9%）。有 5.1%（n = 21）的文章报告了资金情况。在前 6 个月中，第一作者中有 17.6%（n = 30）和最后作者中有 10.6%（n = 18）为女性，而在后 6 个月中，代表人数分别增加到第一作者的 30.6%（n = 74）和最后作者的 15.6%（n = 38）。
大流行导致与 COVID-19 相关的血管学出版物迅速增加。女性作者在血管研究中仍然代表性不足，并且在大流行早期女性作者的比例下降，但在第一波结束后上升。高收入国家在研究生产力方面仍然占主导地位，这暗示了与 COVID-19 相关文献中的重要差距。
