Analysis of authorship trends in vascular surgery demonstrates a sticky surgical floor for women

Buda, Alexandra; Pendleton, Anna A.; El-Gabri, Deena; Miranda, Elizabeth; Bowder, Alexis N.; Dua, Anahita

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2021.07.228

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“…Although we recognize that selection bias is a limitation of the study, our methodology has been extensively validated in the medical field. [24][25][26][27] We used a more cautious approach by adopting a stricter gender probability threshold of 0.90, which increased the reliability of our results while also increasing the amount of manual search. [24][25][26][27] Additionally, we believe that providing a detailed methodology section aids following research groups to strengthen the methodology from similar analysis.…”

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Representation of Women Authorship in the Top 5 Transplantation Journals in the United States

Faria,

Montalvan,

Kazimi

et al. 2023

Transplantation

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Background. In the United States, only 13% of transplant surgeons are women. We evaluated gender distribution and trends of American authorship over the past 10 y in high-impact solid organ transplantation journals to gain insight into the current status of women authorship in transplantation. Methods. Original articles from 2012 to 2021 from the 5 highest-impact solid organ transplantation journals were extracted from Scopus. First and last author’s gender was predicted using Genderize.io. Data of first and last authors, article type and topic, location, citation, and funding metrics were analyzed. Chi-square, logistic regression, and trend tests were performed where appropriate. Statistical significance was set at <0.05. Results. Women’s first and last authorship increased over time among all journals. There was an increase in women first authors in the American Journal of Transplantation and in senior women authors in Liver Transplantation and Transplantation. Significant differences in gender authorship in lung, intestine, pancreas, general, and islet cell transplantation were found. Women’s last authorship was associated with 1.69 higher odds of having a woman first author when adjusting for year and journal. There was an increase in the rate of women’s first and last author collaborations over the years. Women last authors had 1.5 higher odds of being funded by the National Institutes of Health over the years. Conclusions. Despite an increase in women transplant surgeons and physicians, the gap in women authorship in transplantation persists. Women’s last authorship was associated with higher odds of having a woman first author, pointing to the importance of mentorship for women joining the transplant academia.

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Representation of Women Authorship in the Top 5 Transplantation Journals in the United States

Faria,

Montalvan,

Kazimi

et al. 2023

Transplantation

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“… 4 A larger analysis of the Journal of Vascular Surgery, European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, and Annals of Vascular Surgery between 2015 and 2019 found that 25.0% of first authors and 9.9% of last authors were female. 5 Our findings, although across the entire specialty and its journals, suggest a notable drop in female authorship 6 months into the pandemic but recuperation during the following 6 months. The early drop in female representation has been similarly observed in other specialties, including general medicine publications and early COVID-19 publications.…”

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“… 3 Female authorship in vascular surgery research has previously been shown to be underrepresented. 4 , 5 Given the documented toll of supplemental responsibilities falling disproportionately on women during times of crisis, 6 , 7 a global pandemic has the potential to become an additional barrier for publication. Similarly, researchers from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), who already face financial and logistical significant barriers in publishing their work, are challenged by even fewer resources to engage in research as these move for the burden of COVID-19-positive patients.…”

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Vascular Surgery Research in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Sex-Based Bibliometric Analysis

Vervoort

Babar

et al. 2022

The American Surgeon™

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Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted vascular surgery services globally and its impact on researchers has illustrated disproportionate barriers for female researchers. We assessed the pandemic’s consequences on bibliometric trends in vascular surgery and vascular medicine throughout the pandemic. Methods A scoping review was performed using the PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, and EMBASE databases from January to December 2020 to identify articles related to COVID-19 and vascular surgery or vascular medicine. Articles only describing cardiac or neurovascular care were excluded. The scoping review was performed according to the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. Bibliometric data were extracted and analyzed. Results Four hundred and fourteen articles were identified, including 125 (30.2%) original articles, 42 (10.1%) review papers, 105 (25.4%) case reports, 27 (6.5%) editorials and commentaries, 94 (22.7%) letters and correspondences, and 21 (5.1%) conference abstracts. The 5 most common countries of study or discussion were all high-income countries. English was the predominant (n = 393, 94.9%) language. Funding was reported for 5.1% (n = 21) of articles. In the first 6 months, 17.6% (n = 30) of first authors and 10.6% (n = 18) of last authors were female, while the last 6 months saw an increase in representation to 30.6% (n = 74) and 15.6% (n = 38) for first and last author, respectively. Conclusion The pandemic caused a rapid surge in vascular publications related to COVID-19. Female authors remain underrepresented in vascular research and the share in female authorship has dropped early in the pandemic, but rose after the end of the first wave. High-income countries remain overrepresented in research productivity, alluding to important disparities in COVID-19-related literature.

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“…Encouragingly, between 2000 and 2017 the percentage of woman first authors of manuscripts published in surgical journals increased from 21.4% to 36.0%, and the percentage of woman last authors increased from 5.0% to 18.6%, rates which appear to be representative of woman residents and attendings over the same time period [ 11 ]. However, some surgical subspecialties, such as vascular surgery, maintained a disproportionately low number of women first and senior authors, even when compared to their low representation in the specialty [ 12 ]. Gender and sex inequity is also present at scientific meetings.…”

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Analysis of gender representation, authorship inflation, and institutional affiliation in abstract acceptance: a 5-year study

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Purpose Our goals were to characterize associations of author number, author gender, and institutional affiliation on ratings and acceptances of abstracts submitted to one surgical education conference over 5 years. Methods We retrospectively reviewed all abstracts submitted between 2017 and 2021 to the annual meeting of the Association for Surgical Education (ASE). Abstract data included average rater scores, acceptance status, author lists, and institutional affiliations. We cross-referenced last author affiliation with top-40 National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded institutions and used a gender determination software to code first and last author genders. Results We analyzed 1,162 abstracts. Higher reviewer scores demonstrated positive, weak associations with more authors [r(1160) = 0.191, p < 0.001] and institutions [r(1160) = 0.182, p < 0.001]. Significantly higher scores were noted for abstracts with last authors affiliated with top-40 NIH-funded institutions [4.18 (SD 0.96) vs. 3.72 (SD 1.12), p < 0.001]. Women were first authors (51.8%) ( n = 602) and last authors (35.4%) ( n = 411) of the time. Abstracts were rated significantly higher with women rather than men as first authors [3.98 (SD 0.99) vs. 3.82 (SD 1.12), p = 0.011] or last [4.01 (SD 1.04) vs. 3.82 (SD 1.10), p = 0.005]. Across all years, abstracts were accepted more often as podium or plenary presentations when submitted by women first [ n = 279, 59.7% ( p = 0.002)] or last [ n = 183, 38.4% ( p = 0.095)] authors. Conclusion Abstracts whose last authors were affiliated with top-40 NIH-funded institutions received significantly higher scores, possibly indicating increased tangible or intangible resources contributing to research efforts. Abstracts with women first and last authors scored higher and were more frequently invited for plenary and podium presentations.

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Analysis of authorship trends in vascular surgery demonstrates a sticky surgical floor for women

Cited by 22 publications

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Representation of Women Authorship in the Top 5 Transplantation Journals in the United States

Representation of Women Authorship in the Top 5 Transplantation Journals in the United States

Vascular Surgery Research in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Sex-Based Bibliometric Analysis

Analysis of gender representation, authorship inflation, and institutional affiliation in abstract acceptance: a 5-year study

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