Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, George Washington Hospital.
J Pediatr Orthop. 2023 Jul 1;43(6):e493-e497. doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002411. Epub 2023 Apr 11.
The evolution of female authorship in orthopaedic journals is reportedly rising, however, trends in pediatric orthopaedic publications have not been specifically studied, despite a higher proportion of female pediatric orthopaedic surgeons compared with orthopaedics at large. This study aimed to investigate trends in female first and senior authorship in 3 flagship pediatric orthopaedic journals over the past 20 years.
All manuscripts from the "Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B, and Journal of Children's Orthopaedics" from 2002 to 2021 were evaluated from Ovid MEDLINE, and the data were extracted. We utilized the sex "Application Program Interface" algorithm to determine the sex of the first and senior authors. χ 2 tests were used to analyze the demographics of the first and senior author cohorts. Fisher exact test was used to assess the trends in male and female authorship, controlling for year and journal.
Of a total, 5499 individual first authors and 5794 senior authors were identified. Sex was determined for 83.5% of the authors. Female first authorship increased significantly from 2002 to 2021 (8.8% to 22.4%, P < 0.001), with women being more likely to publish as first authors in more recent years in each journal ( P < 0.001). Female senior authorship did not increase significantly over the same time period (10.8% to 12.8%, P = 0.238). There was significantly more male than female first and senior authors for all journals ( P <0.001 for both first and senior authors).
While female first authorship in prominent pediatric orthopaedic journals has increased significantly from 2002 to 2021, senior authorship has remained stagnant. In addition, female pediatric orthopaedic surgeons publish at rates lower than their prevalence in the field. This study serves as a benchmark for future studies looking at sex and authorship in hopes of better understanding the underlying complex issues.
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据报道，骨科期刊中女性作者的比例不断增加，然而，小儿骨科出版物的趋势尚未得到专门研究，尽管小儿骨科外科医生的比例高于骨科整体。本研究旨在调查过去 20 年来 3 种主要小儿骨科期刊中女性第一作者和资深作者的趋势。
从 Ovid MEDLINE 评估了 2002 年至 2021 年《小儿骨科杂志》、《小儿骨科杂志 B 版》和《儿童骨科杂志》的所有稿件，并提取了数据。我们利用性别“应用程序接口”算法来确定第一作者和资深作者的性别。χ2 检验用于分析第一作者和资深作者队列的人口统计学特征。采用 Fisher 确切检验控制年份和期刊，评估男性和女性作者的趋势。
共确定了 5499 名第一作者和 5794 名资深作者。确定了 83.5%的作者的性别。女性第一作者的比例从 2002 年到 2021 年显著增加（从 8.8%增加到 22.4%，P<0.001），在每个期刊中，女性在最近几年更有可能作为第一作者发表论文（P<0.001）。同一时期，女性资深作者的比例没有显著增加（从 10.8%增加到 12.8%，P=0.238）。所有期刊的第一作者和资深作者中男性人数明显多于女性（第一作者和资深作者均 P<0.001）。
尽管在知名小儿骨科期刊中，女性第一作者的比例从 2002 年到 2021 年显著增加，但资深作者的比例仍然停滞不前。此外，小儿骨科外科医生的发表率低于其在该领域的比例。本研究为未来研究提供了一个基准，希望更好地了解背后复杂的问题。
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