Nguyen Baotram V, Bhatnagar Priyanka, Lee Daniel C, Berkenstock Meghan K
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect. 2025 Mar 25;15(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s12348-025-00490-w.
Despite uveitis subspecialty workforce shortages, uveitis specialists remain engaged in research. This study examines the relationship between the proportions of uveitis-focused articles in high-impact ophthalmology journals and fellowship-trained uveitis specialists on their editorial boards.
A bibliometric analysis was conducted on articles published from 2014 to 2023 in the five highest-impact ophthalmology journals: Ophthalmology, JAMA Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology (BJO), American Journal of Ophthalmology (AJO), and Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (IOVS). Editorial board members with uveitis or ocular immunology fellowships were identified from public domain sources. Articles were screened using uveitis MeSH terms. Data analysis was performed using STATA to assess the relationship between the proportions of uveitis-focused articles and uveitis-trained editors.
From 2014 to 2023, 3.57% (575/16,093) of articles published in the five journals were uveitis-focused. The proportion of uveitis-focused articles ranged from 1.74% in IOVS to 5.89% in AJO. On average, fellowship-trained uveitis specialists comprised 5.28% of editorial board members annually. There were positive correlations between the proportions of uveitis-focused articles and uveitis-trained editors annually (r = 0.6799, p < 0.00005) and over the 10-year period (r = 0.2675, p < 0.00005). No significant correlation was observed within individual journals.
Uveitis research remains underrepresented in high-impact ophthalmology journals despite research productivity in the field. While a positive correlation between uveitis-trained editors and uveitis-focused articles was found across all journals, this trend did not hold within individual journals. Enhancing uveitis research visibility in high-impact journals is essential to advancing clinical knowledge, improving patient outcomes, and inspiring ophthalmologists to enter this underserved subspecialty.
尽管葡萄膜炎专科医生短缺，但葡萄膜炎专家仍积极投身于研究工作。本研究旨在探讨高影响力眼科期刊上以葡萄膜炎为重点的文章比例与编辑委员会中接受过 fellowship 培训的葡萄膜炎专家之间的关系。
对 2014 年至 2023 年在五种影响力最大的眼科期刊上发表的文章进行文献计量分析，这五种期刊分别是《眼科学》《美国医学会眼科杂志》《英国眼科杂志》《美国眼科杂志》和《眼科研究与视觉科学》。从公开渠道确定具有葡萄膜炎或眼部免疫学 fellowship 培训经历的编辑委员会成员。使用葡萄膜炎医学主题词对文章进行筛选。使用 STATA 进行数据分析，以评估以葡萄膜炎为重点的文章比例与接受过葡萄膜炎培训的编辑之间的关系。
2014 年至 2023 年，这五种期刊发表的文章中有 3.57%（575/16,093）是以葡萄膜炎为重点的。以葡萄膜炎为重点的文章比例在《眼科研究与视觉科学》中为 1.74%，在《美国眼科杂志》中为 5.89%。平均而言，每年接受过 fellowship 培训的葡萄膜炎专家占编辑委员会成员的 5.28%。每年以葡萄膜炎为重点的文章比例与接受过葡萄膜炎培训的编辑之间存在正相关（r = 0.6799，p < 0.00005），在 10 年期间也存在正相关（r = 0.2675，p < 0.00005）。在各期刊内部未观察到显著相关性。
尽管该领域有研究成果，但葡萄膜炎研究在高影响力眼科期刊中的占比仍然较低。虽然在所有期刊中发现接受过葡萄膜炎培训的编辑与以葡萄膜炎为重点的文章之间存在正相关，但这种趋势在各期刊内部并不成立。提高葡萄膜炎研究在高影响力期刊中的知名度对于推进临床知识、改善患者预后以及激励眼科医生进入这个服务不足的亚专业领域至关重要。
