Academic Output in Global Surgery after the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) published its seminal report in 2015, carving a niche for global surgery academia. Six years after the LCoGS, a scoping review was conducted to see how the term 'global surgery' is characterized by the literature and how it relates to LCoGS and its domains.

Methods

PubMed was searched for publications between January 2015 and February 2021 that used the term 'global surgery' in the title, abstract, or key words or cited the LCoGS. Variables extracted included LCoGS domains, authorship metrics, geographic scope, and clinical specialty.

Results

The search captured 938 articles that qualified for data extraction. Nearly 80% of first and last authors had high-income country affiliations. Africa was the most freque

SUBMITTER: Fowler Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9436886 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature