TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender Imbalance at Academic Plastic Surgery Meetings
AU - Santosa, Katherine B.
AU - Larson, Ellen L.
AU - Vannucci, Bianca
AU - Lapidus, Jodi B.
AU - Gast, Katherine M.
AU - Sears, Erika D.
AU - Waljee, Jennifer F.
AU - Suiter, Amy M.
AU - Sarli, Cathy C.
AU - Mackinnon, Susan E.
AU - Snyder-Warwick, Alison K.
N1 - Funding Information:
Research supported in this publication was by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health under award numbers F32NS098561 (to K.B.S.) and K08NS096232 (to A.K.S.W) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number UL1 TR002345. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. We thank Robert Alt-man of Bernard Becker Medical Library for creating an application to process publication records to locate specific authorship order within a list of authors to note sole, first, last, or other authorship status for publications.
Funding Information:
Research supported in this publication was by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health under award numbers F32NS098561 (to K.B.S.) and K08NS096232 (to A.K.S.W) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number UL1 TR002345. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. We thank Robert Altman of Bernard Becker Medical Library for creating an application to process publication records to locate specific authorship order within a list of authors to note sole, first, last, or other authorship status for publications.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - 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 extracted from Scopus and analyzed. Results: There were 282 academic physician invited speakers at the five 2017 meetings. Women constituted 14.5 percent. Univariate analysis showed no differences in h-index, m-value, or numbers of total career publications or first and last author publications at the assistant and associate professor ranks, but higher values for men at the professor level. A model of academic rank based on bibliometric and demographic variables showed male gender significantly associated with increased probability of holding a professor title, even when controlling for academic achievement markers (OR, 2.17; 95 percent CI, 1.61 to 2.92). Conclusions: Although the impact of women's published work was no different than that of men among junior and midcareer faculty, women constitute a minority of invited speakers at academic plastic surgery meetings. Sponsorship is imperative for achieving gender balance within plastic surgery and to ultimately create more diverse and effective teams to improve patient care.
AB - 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 extracted from Scopus and analyzed. Results: There were 282 academic physician invited speakers at the five 2017 meetings. Women constituted 14.5 percent. Univariate analysis showed no differences in h-index, m-value, or numbers of total career publications or first and last author publications at the assistant and associate professor ranks, but higher values for men at the professor level. A model of academic rank based on bibliometric and demographic variables showed male gender significantly associated with increased probability of holding a professor title, even when controlling for academic achievement markers (OR, 2.17; 95 percent CI, 1.61 to 2.92). Conclusions: Although the impact of women's published work was no different than that of men among junior and midcareer faculty, women constitute a minority of invited speakers at academic plastic surgery meetings. Sponsorship is imperative for achieving gender balance within plastic surgery and to ultimately create more diverse and effective teams to improve patient care.
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U2 - 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005672
DO - 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005672
M3 - Article
C2 - 31136497
AN - SCOPUS:85067310654
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 143
SP - 1798
EP - 1806
JO - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
JF - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
IS - 6
ER -