The Social Network of Otolaryngology: Collaborative Publishing Relationships by Gender.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to evaluate if gender differences exist in social connectedness (betweenness centrality) and professional impact (h-indices) within Otolaryngology when controlling for variables such as academic rank, subspecialty, and geographic region.

Methods

Physician faculty (n = 2494) from 129 US ACGME accredited otolaryngology programs were identified. Characteristics included gender, academic rank, sub-specialty, and SCOPUS IDs. The co-authorship network was visualized and consisted of 2265 physicians (nodes) connected by 28,408 collaborative relationships (edges). The professional connectedness of physicians was calculated using betweenness centrality (BWC), which quantifies how frequently a physician node appears on the shortest path between two other node

SUBMITTER: Vivek N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12335869 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature