Gender Imbalance at Academic Plastic Surgery Meetings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Participation in scientific meetings yields multiple benefits, yet participation opportunities may not be equally afforded to men and women. The authors' primary goal was to evaluate the representation of men and women at five major academic plastic surgery meetings in 2017. Secondarily, the authors used bibliometric data to compare academic productivity between male and female physician invited speakers or moderators.

Methods

The authors compiled information regarding male and female invited speakers from meeting programs. Bibliometric data (h-index, m-value) and metrics of academic productivity (numbers of career publications, publications in 2015 to 2016, career peer-reviewed publications, first and senior author publications) for invited speakers were extracte

SUBMITTER: Santosa KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6540789 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature