Department of Urology Clinic, Karabük University, Karabük, Turkey.
Department of Urology Clinic, Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşçıoğlu City Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
ANZ J Surg. 2023 Jan;93(1-2):90-97. doi: 10.1111/ans.18143. Epub 2022 Nov 4.
The number of women among medical doctors and surgeons continues to rise. However, urology remains one of the least preferred specialties by female physicians, resulting in the inadequate academic representation of female urologists. In this study we examined changes in the representation of female urologists in the journals European Urology (EU) and Journal of Urology (JOU) and investigated in which urology subspecialties female urologists focus their academic studies.
Original articles, reviews and case reports published in EU and JOU were included in the study. The analysis was limited to 4 years, starting with 2004 and continuing at 5-year intervals until 2019.The publications were also classified according to urology subspecialty and geographic location.
In total, 2708 articles were analysed. Overall, women accounted for 9.9% of first authors (267/2708) and 5.9% of senior authors (161/2708).The proportion of female first authors was 8.2% in 2004 and increased to 10.7% in 2009, 10.6% in 2014, and 11.6% in 2019 (P = 0.062). The proportion of female last authors was 7% in 2004 and 5.3%, 6.1%, and 2.5% in 2009, 2014, and 2019, respectively (P = 0.011). Women accounted for a significantly higher proportion of first authors than men in publications related to female and paediatric urology (P = 0.001 and P = 0.002, respectively).
The increasing number of women urologists worldwide is not reflected in the scientific authorship of female urologists. Multicenter studies focusing on the elimination of gender disparity in academic representation are needed in surgical branches such as urology.
医生和外科医生中的女性人数持续增加。然而，泌尿科仍然是女性医生最不喜欢的专业之一，导致女性泌尿科医生在学术领域的代表性不足。在这项研究中，我们检查了女性泌尿科医生在《欧洲泌尿学期刊》（EU）和《泌尿学期刊》（JOU）中的代表人数的变化，并调查了女性泌尿科医生专注于哪些泌尿科亚专业的学术研究。
本研究纳入了 EU 和 JOU 发表的原始文章、综述和病例报告。分析仅限于 4 年，从 2004 年开始，每隔 5 年继续到 2019 年。出版物还根据泌尿科亚专业和地理位置进行分类。
共分析了 2708 篇文章。总体而言，女性作者占第一作者的 9.9%（267/2708），占资深作者的 5.9%（161/2708）。2004 年女性第一作者的比例为 8.2%，2009 年增加到 10.7%，2014 年增加到 10.6%，2019 年增加到 11.6%（P=0.062）。2004 年女性最后作者的比例为 7%，2009 年、2014 年和 2019 年分别为 5.3%、6.1%和 2.5%（P=0.011）。在与女性和小儿泌尿科相关的出版物中，女性作者担任第一作者的比例明显高于男性（P=0.001 和 P=0.002）。
全球女性泌尿科医生人数的增加并未反映在女性泌尿科医生的科学著作中。在外科等分支领域，需要开展多中心研究，以消除学术代表性方面的性别差异。
