Go Beatrice, Suresh Neeraj, Go Cammille, Chorath Kevin, Mirza Natasha, Thaler Erica, Moreira Alvaro, Rajasekaran Karthik
Department of Otorhinolaryngology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA.
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA.
World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Jun 22;9(2):160-167. doi: 10.1002/wjo2.68. eCollection 2023 Jun.
The aim of this study was to identify and analyze the gender breakdown of first authorship contributing to the most-cited papers in the field of otolaryngology, with a goal of identifying trends in gender representation in publishing.
The top 150 most-cited papers were identified using the Science Citation Index of the Institute for Scientific Information. Among the first authors, gender, -index, percentage of first, last, and corresponding authorship positions, total publications, and citations were analyzed.
The majority of papers were in the English language, from the United States, of clinical nature, and on otologic topics. Eighty-one percent of papers ( = 122) had men who were first authors, although there was no difference in -index score, authorship position, number of publications, citations, and average citations/year between men and women first authors. Upon subgroup analysis by decade (1950s-2010s), there was no difference in the number of articles by women first authors ( = 0.11); however, there was a statistically significant increase in the percentage of women authors ( = 0.001) in papers published later compared to those published earlier.
While a promising number of women otolaryngologists are publishing high-powered articles, future initiatives to promote academic inclusivity of women should be considered.
本研究旨在识别和分析耳鼻咽喉科领域被引用次数最多的论文中第一作者的性别构成，以确定出版领域性别代表性的趋势。
使用科学信息研究所的科学引文索引确定被引用次数最多的150篇论文。对第一作者的性别、h指数、第一、最后和通讯作者职位的百分比、总出版物数量和引用次数进行分析。
大多数论文为英文，来自美国，具有临床性质，且涉及耳科主题。81%的论文（n = 122）第一作者为男性，尽管男性和女性第一作者在h指数得分、作者职位、出版物数量、引用次数和每年平均引用次数方面没有差异。按十年（20世纪50年代至2010年代）进行亚组分析时，女性第一作者的文章数量没有差异（P = 0.11）；然而，与早期发表的论文相比，后期发表的论文中女性作者的百分比有统计学显著增加（P = 0.001）。
虽然有数量可观的女性耳鼻咽喉科医生发表了有影响力的文章，但未来应考虑采取促进女性学术包容性的举措。
