TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender analysis of the top classic papers in otolaryngology head and neck surgery
AU - Go, Beatrice
AU - Suresh, Neeraj
AU - Go, Cammille
AU - Chorath, Kevin
AU - Mirza, Natasha
AU - Thaler, Erica
AU - Moreira, Alvaro
AU - Rajasekaran, Karthik
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Chinese Medical Association.
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Objective: 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. Methods: The top 150 most-cited papers were identified using the Science Citation Index of the Institute for Scientific Information. Among the first authors, gender, h-index, percentage of first, last, and corresponding authorship positions, total publications, and citations were analyzed. Results: 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 (n = 122) had men who were first authors, although there was no difference in h-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 (P = 0.11); however, there was a statistically significant increase in the percentage of women authors (P = 0.001) in papers published later compared to those published earlier. Conclusions: While a promising number of women otolaryngologists are publishing high-powered articles, future initiatives to promote academic inclusivity of women should be considered.
AB - Objective: 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. Methods: The top 150 most-cited papers were identified using the Science Citation Index of the Institute for Scientific Information. Among the first authors, gender, h-index, percentage of first, last, and corresponding authorship positions, total publications, and citations were analyzed. Results: 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 (n = 122) had men who were first authors, although there was no difference in h-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 (P = 0.11); however, there was a statistically significant increase in the percentage of women authors (P = 0.001) in papers published later compared to those published earlier. Conclusions: While a promising number of women otolaryngologists are publishing high-powered articles, future initiatives to promote academic inclusivity of women should be considered.
KW - authorship
KW - bibliometrics
KW - citations
KW - gender
KW - otolaryngology
KW - publications
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U2 - 10.1002/wjo2.68
DO - 10.1002/wjo2.68
M3 - Article
C2 - 37383328
AN - SCOPUS:85132355229
SN - 2095-8811
VL - 9
SP - 160
EP - 167
JO - World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
JF - World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
IS - 2
ER -