Geographical distribution of authorship for leading cardiothoracic surgery journals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evolution of surgical practice is influenced by publications in the leading journals of that field. If the authorship of a publication lacks geographical diversity, this could create bias and limit generalizability of the evidence. Accordingly, we conducted a geographical analysis of the leading Cardiothoracic Surgery journals worldwide.

Methods

Using 2020 Impact Factor, we searched the leading Cardiothoracic Surgery journals over the past decade. Only original articles were included. Data regarding first, second and last authors were extracted from every article. From this, we analysed country of affiliation, highest academic degree obtained and author location by metropolitan or rural setting.

Results

A total of 12,706 original articles were published in

SUBMITTER: Gupta AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10092000 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature