International and Geographic Trends in Gender Authorship within Plastic Surgery

Bucknor, Alexandra; Peymani, Abbas; Kamali, Parisa; Epstein, Sherise; Chen, Austin D.; Bletsis, Patrick P.; Chattha, Anmol; Mathijssen, Irene M.J.; Rakhorst, Hinne; Lin, Samuel J.

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“…5 However, gender disparities are still observed with regard to authorship and leadership within plastic surgery. 6,7 Furthermore, racial and ethnic gaps in plastic surgery have received less attention. Despite greater proportions of African American medical students applying to integrated programs from 2010 to 2016, the African American resident proportion has decreased.…”

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This new section offers a home for topics that do not fit into the other categories, including the Continuing Medical Education and Maintenance of Certification category. Colorcoded as black when browsing by subject, Plastic Surgery Focus: Special Topics articles often impact plastic surgeons beyond the scope of their subspecialties. In fact, many of the articles touch on hot topics that have popped up in news headlines. Article-level metrics measuring the social sharing and distribution of articles, such as the Altmetric Attention Score, can be observed directly on the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery website for each article (Fig. 1). More frequently, as our field has expanded there are new topics that are of interest to our readership. Let us take a brief tour of several selected topics based off the top Plastic Surgery Focus: Special Topics articles to explore the section and review important issues covered since its inception (Table 1).

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“…5 However, gender disparities are still observed with regard to authorship and leadership within plastic surgery. 6,7…”

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“…Many of these newer additions to the literature have shed light on the lack of diversity within our specialty. 1–6 This research provides scientific data or documented facts followed by conclusions and recommendations from the expert authors. As readers, we rely on these authors to present the information from an unbiased perspective.…”

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Who Cares about Diversity? Trends in Gender and Racial Authorship and Publications in Plastic Surgery over Time

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Background: The literature in scientific journals represents current standards for plastic surgery (PS) and new observations contributed by leaders in the field. Observations of these trends over time define our progress and document our ever-changing specialty. This study aims to assess the racial/ethnic and gender makeup of authors who have published on the topic of diversity in PS, and to define trends over time, as well as geographic and journal representation of these publications. Methods: Existing published literature was queried through PubMed with the search terms “plastic surgery” AND “diversity” from 2008 to 2021. The race/ethnicity and gender of collated authors were adjudicated using NamSor software. Trends over time regarding quantity and topics covered, as well as gender and race of authors of these publications, were identified. Results: A total of 208 papers were identified with our search strategy; 74 met inclusion criteria, representing 398 authors. White‚ non-Hispanic authors represented the majority of first authors (45%) and the majority of senior authors (54%). Black/African American authors comprised 18% first authors and 19% senior authors. Male authorship predominated, with 58% of first authorship and 64% of senior authorship. Conclusions: Publications on the topic of diversity have increased in recent years. Trends show a significant shift in authorship, with prevalence of white male contributions rising. Women constitute most authors on the topic of gender diversity. These findings provide important insight into who cares about diversity within our specialty and who shapes its future.

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“…No study has evaluated whether female author proportions vary and develop differently between journals from different continents. Also, analyses of female author origin are rare and have been performed for only one journal (Wininger et al, 2017) or discipline (Bucknor et al, 2019).…”

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Female author representation differs between journals from the United States of America, Europe, and Asia: a 10-year comparison of five medical disciplines

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To provide information for targeted support of female scientists, the objective of this study was to evaluate how female authors are represented in journals of five medical disciplines with varying rates of female physicians from the United States of America (USA), Europe, and Asia. For this retrospective bibliometric study 15 representative gynecologic, pediatric, radiologic, urologic, and surgical journals from the USA, Europe, and Asia were selected from the Web of Science database. From these, all n = 24182 publications of the years 2007/2008 and 2017/2018 were included. Gender and affiliations were assigned to first and senior authors using a software (Gender API, Passau, Germany), native speakers, and a web-based search. For statistics mixed logistic and multinomial logistic regression were applied. In pediatrics, radiology, and urology, highest female first and senior author shares were consistently found in journals from the USA. In European journals proportions across all disciplines tripled (odds ratio 2.96 [95% CI 2.60–3.37], P < .0001). Asian journals showed three-times fewer female authorships than journals from the USA or Europe and the smallest increase (1.36 [1.11–1.66], P = .0026). Compared to the proportion of female physicians within each specialty, female first authors remained underrepresented in Asian journals and female senior authors in journals of all regions. In journals from the USA most female authors originated from institutes within the USA (36.2%), in European journals from the USA (21.1%) or Europe (21.7%). Women from Asian institutes were worst represented in journals of all regions with lowest rates in Asian journals (9.4%). In conclusion female first authors remained underrepresented in Asian journals, female senior authors and women from Asian institutes in journals from all regions. Programs for gender equality in science are thus particularly necessary to support female senior authors, for Asian journals, and women from Asian institutes.

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International and Geographic Trends in Gender Authorship within Plastic Surgery

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References 41 publications

Paging All Readers! Let Us Explore Plastic Surgery Focus: Special Topics

Paging All Readers! Let Us Explore Plastic Surgery Focus: Special Topics

Who Cares about Diversity? Trends in Gender and Racial Authorship and Publications in Plastic Surgery over Time

Female author representation differs between journals from the United States of America, Europe, and Asia: a 10-year comparison of five medical disciplines

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