Increasing female authorship of foot and ankle academic literature over 24 years:

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics

DavidSing¹ 

关键词: gender disparities;    female surgeon;    bibliometric analysis;    perspective;    data analysis;    big data;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2473011418S00450

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Category:OtherIntroduction/Purpose:Under-representation of women in surgery is commonly attributed to lacking mentorship and exposure in medical school, societal perceptions regarding career priorities, and concerns of “fitting in” in a work culture predominantly comprised of men. Furthermore, this disparity is also reflected in research productivity across academic medicine with male faculty being more likely to publish research compared to female colleagues. In this study we aim to describe the representation and longevity of female investigators among the authors of three foot and ankle research journals from 1993 to 2017.Methods:In this retrospective bibliometric analysis, authors of original research from three prominent foot and ankle research journals (Foot and Ankle International, The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Foot and Ankle Clinics) were extracted from PubMed. For authors with a complete first name listed, gender was determined by matching first name using an online database containing 2...

【 授权许可】

CC BY