Gender Disparity in the Citation of Surgical Research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women surgeons face numerous barriers to career advancement. Inequitable citation of surgical literature may represent a contributing factor to gender disparities in academic surgery.

Study design

This was a cross-sectional analysis of publications from 50 top-ranking surgery journals in 2017 and 2018, as defined by the 2019 InCites Journal Citation Reports. The citation rate of publications by women vs men first authors was compared. Similarly, the citation rate of publications by men vs women last authors was also compared. Adjusted regression analyses of citation rates accounted for the time interval since publication as well as the journal within which the article was published, among other potential confounding factors.

Results

A total of 19,084 public

SUBMITTER: Kane WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8931844 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature