Sex differences in authorship in cardiothoracic surgery during the early coronavirus disease 2019 pandemicCentral MessagePerspective
Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic negatively impacted cardiothoracic (CT) surgery, with changes in clinical, academic, and personal responsibilities. We hypothesized that the pandemic may disproportionately impact female academic CT surgeons, accentuating preexisting sex d...
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| author | Lina A. Elfaki, MSc Jessica G.Y. Luc, MD Mara B. Antonoff, MD David T. Cooke, MD Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD Nikki Stamp, MBBS, FRACS Thomas K. Varghese, Jr., MD MS Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD |
| author_facet | Lina A. Elfaki, MSc Jessica G.Y. Luc, MD Mara B. Antonoff, MD David T. Cooke, MD Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD Nikki Stamp, MBBS, FRACS Thomas K. Varghese, Jr., MD MS Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD |
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| description | Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic negatively impacted cardiothoracic (CT) surgery, with changes in clinical, academic, and personal responsibilities. We hypothesized that the pandemic may disproportionately impact female academic CT surgeons, accentuating preexisting sex disparities. This study assessed sex differences in authorship of 2 major CT surgery journals during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: All accepted submissions to The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery between April and August of 2019 and the same period in 2020 were reviewed. Article type and author characteristics were obtained from the journals. Author sex was predicted using a validated multinational database (Genderize.io) and verified with authors' institutional and public professional profiles. Results: In total, 1106 submissions were accepted during the 2019 period, whereas 900 articles (18.6% decrease) were accepted during the same period in 2020. Original research articles comprised 33.3% of the 2019 articles but only 4.9% of the 2020 articles. Female authors contributed to 39.3% (23.1% original research and 16.2% nonoriginal articles) and 29.4% (3.3% original research and 26.1% nonoriginal articles) of articles during the 2019 and 2020 periods, respectively. This represents a marked change in the type of articles that female authors contributed to. Conclusions: Early on during the COVID-19 pandemic, the type of articles accepted, and authorship demographic changed. There was a decrease in contribution of female-authored CT surgery articles submitted to both journals, especially for original research. Future research will elucidate the long-term impact of the pandemic on sex disparities in academic productivity. Video Abstract: |
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| spelling | doaj.art-680ad1ce18b8462b90a8d76506b87c692022-12-22T04:27:04ZengElsevierJTCVS Open2666-27362022-09-0111265271Sex differences in authorship in cardiothoracic surgery during the early coronavirus disease 2019 pandemicCentral MessagePerspectiveLina A. Elfaki, MSc0Jessica G.Y. Luc, MD1Mara B. Antonoff, MD2David T. Cooke, MD3Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD4Nikki Stamp, MBBS, FRACS5Thomas K. Varghese, Jr., MD MS6Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD7Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexDivision of General Thoracic Surgery, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CalifSection of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaSchool of Medicine, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UtahDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Address for reprints: Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St, 4N-464, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G2C4.Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic negatively impacted cardiothoracic (CT) surgery, with changes in clinical, academic, and personal responsibilities. We hypothesized that the pandemic may disproportionately impact female academic CT surgeons, accentuating preexisting sex disparities. This study assessed sex differences in authorship of 2 major CT surgery journals during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: All accepted submissions to The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery between April and August of 2019 and the same period in 2020 were reviewed. Article type and author characteristics were obtained from the journals. Author sex was predicted using a validated multinational database (Genderize.io) and verified with authors' institutional and public professional profiles. Results: In total, 1106 submissions were accepted during the 2019 period, whereas 900 articles (18.6% decrease) were accepted during the same period in 2020. Original research articles comprised 33.3% of the 2019 articles but only 4.9% of the 2020 articles. Female authors contributed to 39.3% (23.1% original research and 16.2% nonoriginal articles) and 29.4% (3.3% original research and 26.1% nonoriginal articles) of articles during the 2019 and 2020 periods, respectively. This represents a marked change in the type of articles that female authors contributed to. Conclusions: Early on during the COVID-19 pandemic, the type of articles accepted, and authorship demographic changed. There was a decrease in contribution of female-authored CT surgery articles submitted to both journals, especially for original research. Future research will elucidate the long-term impact of the pandemic on sex disparities in academic productivity. Video Abstract: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266627362200225XequitydiversityscholarshipCOVID-19women in surgery |
| spellingShingle | Lina A. Elfaki, MSc Jessica G.Y. Luc, MD Mara B. Antonoff, MD David T. Cooke, MD Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD Nikki Stamp, MBBS, FRACS Thomas K. Varghese, Jr., MD MS Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD Sex differences in authorship in cardiothoracic surgery during the early coronavirus disease 2019 pandemicCentral MessagePerspective JTCVS Open equity diversity scholarship COVID-19 women in surgery |
| title | Sex differences in authorship in cardiothoracic surgery during the early coronavirus disease 2019 pandemicCentral MessagePerspective |
| title_full | Sex differences in authorship in cardiothoracic surgery during the early coronavirus disease 2019 pandemicCentral MessagePerspective |
| title_fullStr | Sex differences in authorship in cardiothoracic surgery during the early coronavirus disease 2019 pandemicCentral MessagePerspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sex differences in authorship in cardiothoracic surgery during the early coronavirus disease 2019 pandemicCentral MessagePerspective |
| title_short | Sex differences in authorship in cardiothoracic surgery during the early coronavirus disease 2019 pandemicCentral MessagePerspective |
| title_sort | sex differences in authorship in cardiothoracic surgery during the early coronavirus disease 2019 pandemiccentral messageperspective |
| topic | equity diversity scholarship COVID-19 women in surgery |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266627362200225X |
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