Is authorship by women in Brazilian academic surgery increasing? A five-year retrospective analysis.
Women remain underrepresented in 80% of Brazilian surgical specialties, however, women representation within the Brazilian academic surgical literature remains unknown. This study aims to evaluate the gender distribution of first and last authors in Brazilian surgical journals. All publications betw...
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| author | Mariana Graner Alexandra M Buda Carolina B Moura Letícia Campos Isabella Faria Paul Truche Fabio Botelho Laura Pompermaier Aline Gil Alves Guilloux Alexis N Bowder Julia Ferreira |
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| description | Women remain underrepresented in 80% of Brazilian surgical specialties, however, women representation within the Brazilian academic surgical literature remains unknown. This study aims to evaluate the gender distribution of first and last authors in Brazilian surgical journals. All publications between 2015 and 2019 from the five Brazilian surgical journals with the highest impact factor were reviewed. The first and last authors' names were extracted from each article and a predictive algorithm was used to classify the gender of each author. Authors were further classified by surgical field and geographic region to investigate patterns of female authorship among journals, specialties, and region over the study period. Multivariable logistic regression was then used to identify factors independently associated with female authorship. 1844 articles were analyzed; 23% (426/1844) articles had female first authors, and 20% (348/1748) had female last authors. Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira was observed to have the highest rates for both first and last female authors (37%, 138/371; 26%, 95/370)) and Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (9%, 48/542; 10%, 54/522) had the lowest rates. Papers with a woman senior author were twice as likely to have a woman first author (OR 1.98, 95% CI 1.51-2.58, p≤0.01). Women's representation in medicine is increasing in Brazil, yet women remain underrepresented as the first and last authors in the Brazilian surgical literature. Our results highlight the importance of senior women mentorship in academic surgery and demonstrate that promoting female surgeon senior authorship through academic and financial support will positively impact the number of female first authors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a748919d57374abf9e805e5c29524c032023-09-03T10:39:46ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLOS Global Public Health2767-33752022-01-0124e000029410.1371/journal.pgph.0000294Is authorship by women in Brazilian academic surgery increasing? A five-year retrospective analysis.Mariana GranerAlexandra M BudaCarolina B MouraLetícia CamposIsabella FariaPaul TrucheFabio BotelhoLaura PompermaierAline Gil Alves GuillouxAlexis N BowderJulia FerreiraWomen remain underrepresented in 80% of Brazilian surgical specialties, however, women representation within the Brazilian academic surgical literature remains unknown. This study aims to evaluate the gender distribution of first and last authors in Brazilian surgical journals. All publications between 2015 and 2019 from the five Brazilian surgical journals with the highest impact factor were reviewed. The first and last authors' names were extracted from each article and a predictive algorithm was used to classify the gender of each author. Authors were further classified by surgical field and geographic region to investigate patterns of female authorship among journals, specialties, and region over the study period. Multivariable logistic regression was then used to identify factors independently associated with female authorship. 1844 articles were analyzed; 23% (426/1844) articles had female first authors, and 20% (348/1748) had female last authors. Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira was observed to have the highest rates for both first and last female authors (37%, 138/371; 26%, 95/370)) and Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia (9%, 48/542; 10%, 54/522) had the lowest rates. Papers with a woman senior author were twice as likely to have a woman first author (OR 1.98, 95% CI 1.51-2.58, p≤0.01). Women's representation in medicine is increasing in Brazil, yet women remain underrepresented as the first and last authors in the Brazilian surgical literature. Our results highlight the importance of senior women mentorship in academic surgery and demonstrate that promoting female surgeon senior authorship through academic and financial support will positively impact the number of female first authors.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000294 |
| spellingShingle | Mariana Graner Alexandra M Buda Carolina B Moura Letícia Campos Isabella Faria Paul Truche Fabio Botelho Laura Pompermaier Aline Gil Alves Guilloux Alexis N Bowder Julia Ferreira Is authorship by women in Brazilian academic surgery increasing? A five-year retrospective analysis. PLOS Global Public Health |
| title | Is authorship by women in Brazilian academic surgery increasing? A five-year retrospective analysis. |
| title_full | Is authorship by women in Brazilian academic surgery increasing? A five-year retrospective analysis. |
| title_fullStr | Is authorship by women in Brazilian academic surgery increasing? A five-year retrospective analysis. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is authorship by women in Brazilian academic surgery increasing? A five-year retrospective analysis. |
| title_short | Is authorship by women in Brazilian academic surgery increasing? A five-year retrospective analysis. |
| title_sort | is authorship by women in brazilian academic surgery increasing a five year retrospective analysis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000294 |
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