Female and low- and middle-income authorship trends in high-impact ENT journals (2011–2020). Jashek-Ahmed, F., Daudu, D., Heer, B., Ali, H., Wiedermann, J., Seguya, A., & Initiative (globalohns.org), M. o. t. G. O. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 8(2):417–425, March, 2023. _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/lio2.1044
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Introduction Despite a recent drive to increase diversity, the global academic workforce is skewed in favor of authors from high-income countries, and women are under-represented in the published medical literature. Objectives To explore the trends in authorship of three high-impact otolaryngology journals over a ten-year period (2011–2020). Methods Journals selected: JAMA Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, The Laryngoscope and Rhinology. Articles were reviewed from four issues per journal per year, and data was collected on: time of publication; subspeciality; number of authors; sex of first and last authors; country of practice of first author and country where each study was conducted. Trends were examined though univariate and multivariate logistic regression models. Results 2998 articles were included. 93.9% of first authors and 94.2% of studies were from high-income countries. Women were first authors in 31.5% (n = 912) and senior authors in 18.4% (n = 524) of articles. Female first authorship significantly increased between 2011 and 2020 however female senior authorship remained the same. There have been no significant changes in the proportion of published articles from low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) over time (p = .65). Amongst the LMIC articles, 72% came from Brazil, Turkey or China and there were no published papers from countries with a low-income economy (gross national income per capita of $1085 or less). Conclusions Although female first authorship has increased in the last decade, there has been minimal other demographic change in authorship over this time. High-impact otolaryngology journals poorly represent academia in low-and-middle income countries. There is a need for increased advocacy promoting gender and geographical research equity in academic medicine. Level of Evidence III.
@article{jashek-ahmed_female_2023,
	title = {Female and low- and middle-income authorship trends in high-impact {ENT} journals (2011–2020)},
	volume = {8},
	copyright = {© 2023 The Authors. Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The Triological Society.},
	issn = {2378-8038},
	doi = {10.1002/lio2.1044},
	abstract = {Introduction Despite a recent drive to increase diversity, the global academic workforce is skewed in favor of authors from high-income countries, and women are under-represented in the published medical literature. Objectives To explore the trends in authorship of three high-impact otolaryngology journals over a ten-year period (2011–2020). Methods Journals selected: JAMA Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, The Laryngoscope and Rhinology. Articles were reviewed from four issues per journal per year, and data was collected on: time of publication; subspeciality; number of authors; sex of first and last authors; country of practice of first author and country where each study was conducted. Trends were examined though univariate and multivariate logistic regression models. Results 2998 articles were included. 93.9\% of first authors and 94.2\% of studies were from high-income countries. Women were first authors in 31.5\% (n = 912) and senior authors in 18.4\% (n = 524) of articles. Female first authorship significantly increased between 2011 and 2020 however female senior authorship remained the same. There have been no significant changes in the proportion of published articles from low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) over time (p = .65). Amongst the LMIC articles, 72\% came from Brazil, Turkey or China and there were no published papers from countries with a low-income economy (gross national income per capita of \$1085 or less). Conclusions Although female first authorship has increased in the last decade, there has been minimal other demographic change in authorship over this time. High-impact otolaryngology journals poorly represent academia in low-and-middle income countries. There is a need for increased advocacy promoting gender and geographical research equity in academic medicine. Level of Evidence III.},
	language = {en},
	number = {2},
	urldate = {2023-10-30},
	journal = {Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology},
	author = {Jashek-Ahmed, Farizeh and Daudu, Davina and Heer, Baveena and Ali, Hawa and Wiedermann, Joshua and Seguya, Amina and Initiative (globalohns.org), Members of the Global OHNS},
	month = mar,
	year = {2023},
	note = {\_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/lio2.1044},
	keywords = {authorship, equity, global surgery, otolaryngology, representation},
	pages = {417--425},
}

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