Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2023 Jul;54(7):384-386. doi: 10.3928/23258160-20230522-01. Epub 2023 Jun 1.
Characteristics of vitreoretinal surgery fellowship program directors (PDs) in North America are not well described. This study reports on the gender and research productivity of vitreoretinal surgery PDs in the United States and Canada.
We reviewed demographics, total number of Scopus-indexed publications, h-index, and m-quotient for vitreoretinal surgery fellowship PDs in 2022. Descriptive statistics, student -tests, χ tests, and logistic regression analyses were performed.
Information was obtained on 83/89 (93%) PDs; 86% were male, and 84% did not have an additional graduate degree. The mean publication count was 81.54 (SD: 90.33) and mean h-index was 20.61 (SD: 16.49). There were no significant differences between female and male fellowship PDs with respect to number of publications, h-indices, and m-quotients.
Women were underrepresented among vitreoretinal fellowship PDs although they had similar research productivity as their male colleagues. .
北美地区玻璃体视网膜外科学研究员指导主任（PD）的特征尚未得到充分描述。本研究报告了美国和加拿大玻璃体视网膜外科学 PD 的性别和研究成果。
我们回顾了 2022 年玻璃体视网膜外科学研究员指导主任的人口统计学资料、Scopus 索引出版物总数、h 指数和 m 系数。进行了描述性统计分析、学生 t 检验、卡方检验和逻辑回归分析。
获得了 83/89（93%）名 PD 的信息；86%为男性，84%没有额外的研究生学位。平均出版物数量为 81.54（SD：90.33），平均 h 指数为 20.61（SD：16.49）。女性和男性研究员指导主任在出版物数量、h 指数和 m 系数方面没有显著差异。
尽管女性的研究成果与男性同事相当，但在玻璃体视网膜外科学研究员指导主任中，女性的代表性不足。
