Impact of the Early COVID-19 Pandemic on Gender Participation in Academic Publishing in Radiation Oncology
Purpose: There is a known gender gap in oncology publishing with worse disparities within specialty fields such as radiation oncology. There has been a significant increase in the number of articles submitted to academic journals during the pandemic. Several analyses have suggested that the pandemic...
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| Series: | Advances in Radiation Oncology |
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| author | Nancy Anabaraonye Chiaojung Jillian Tsai, MD, PhD Hina Saeed, MD Fumiko Chino, MD Ekaete Ekpo Sudeep Ahuja Oscar Garcia, MPH Robert C. Miller, MD, MBA, FASTRO |
| author_facet | Nancy Anabaraonye Chiaojung Jillian Tsai, MD, PhD Hina Saeed, MD Fumiko Chino, MD Ekaete Ekpo Sudeep Ahuja Oscar Garcia, MPH Robert C. Miller, MD, MBA, FASTRO |
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| description | Purpose: There is a known gender gap in oncology publishing with worse disparities within specialty fields such as radiation oncology. There has been a significant increase in the number of articles submitted to academic journals during the pandemic. Several analyses have suggested that the pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on academic productivity of women in academia, as measured by article publication rates. Materials and Methods: The gender of first/co-first and corresponding/co-corresponding authors, as well as nonsenior versus senior status and manuscript type, for all articles published by Advances from its inception in December 2015 to the end of February 2020 was compared with those published between March 1, 2020, and May 31, 2020: the months during which the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in North America began. Results: This examination of papers published during COVID-19 did not indicate a statistically significant decrease in the overall proportion of women publishing in Advances (P = .76). For nonsenior female authors, this proportion fell just short of statistical significance (39% vs 19%, P = .051). When only scientific manuscripts were considered, there was a statistically significant decrease in publications by nonsenior female first authors during the early months of the pandemic (37% vs 11%, P = .02). Conclusions: During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, nonsenior female researchers participated less in article publishing in radiation oncology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eaa382d9f92947e9b4f4acd0d5d86e6e2022-12-22T01:00:41ZengElsevierAdvances in Radiation Oncology2452-10942022-03-0172100845Impact of the Early COVID-19 Pandemic on Gender Participation in Academic Publishing in Radiation OncologyNancy Anabaraonye0Chiaojung Jillian Tsai, MD, PhD1Hina Saeed, MD2Fumiko Chino, MD3Ekaete Ekpo4Sudeep Ahuja5Oscar Garcia, MPH6Robert C. Miller, MD, MBA, FASTRO7University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New YorkDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WisconsinDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New YorkJohns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MarylandUniversity of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MarylandDivision of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FloridaDivision of Radiation Oncology, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee; Corresponding author. Robert C. Miller, MD, MBA, FASTROPurpose: There is a known gender gap in oncology publishing with worse disparities within specialty fields such as radiation oncology. There has been a significant increase in the number of articles submitted to academic journals during the pandemic. Several analyses have suggested that the pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on academic productivity of women in academia, as measured by article publication rates. Materials and Methods: The gender of first/co-first and corresponding/co-corresponding authors, as well as nonsenior versus senior status and manuscript type, for all articles published by Advances from its inception in December 2015 to the end of February 2020 was compared with those published between March 1, 2020, and May 31, 2020: the months during which the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in North America began. Results: This examination of papers published during COVID-19 did not indicate a statistically significant decrease in the overall proportion of women publishing in Advances (P = .76). For nonsenior female authors, this proportion fell just short of statistical significance (39% vs 19%, P = .051). When only scientific manuscripts were considered, there was a statistically significant decrease in publications by nonsenior female first authors during the early months of the pandemic (37% vs 11%, P = .02). Conclusions: During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, nonsenior female researchers participated less in article publishing in radiation oncology.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109421002037 |
| spellingShingle | Nancy Anabaraonye Chiaojung Jillian Tsai, MD, PhD Hina Saeed, MD Fumiko Chino, MD Ekaete Ekpo Sudeep Ahuja Oscar Garcia, MPH Robert C. Miller, MD, MBA, FASTRO Impact of the Early COVID-19 Pandemic on Gender Participation in Academic Publishing in Radiation Oncology Advances in Radiation Oncology |
| title | Impact of the Early COVID-19 Pandemic on Gender Participation in Academic Publishing in Radiation Oncology |
| title_full | Impact of the Early COVID-19 Pandemic on Gender Participation in Academic Publishing in Radiation Oncology |
| title_fullStr | Impact of the Early COVID-19 Pandemic on Gender Participation in Academic Publishing in Radiation Oncology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of the Early COVID-19 Pandemic on Gender Participation in Academic Publishing in Radiation Oncology |
| title_short | Impact of the Early COVID-19 Pandemic on Gender Participation in Academic Publishing in Radiation Oncology |
| title_sort | impact of the early covid 19 pandemic on gender participation in academic publishing in radiation oncology |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109421002037 |
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