METHODS: Articles published in the seven highest-impact PRS peer-reviewed journals within the last 10 years (2012-2022) were reviewed and analyzed for first and senior authors\' race and ethnicity, publication year, and citation count.
RESULTS: A total of 23,549 publications were identified of which 8250 were from the US-based institutions. A random sampling of 778 publications (∼10 %) were scrutinized for first and senior author race and ethnicity. Across all journals, 64.5 % of senior authors were White, 29.9 % Asian, 4.6 % Hispanic, and 1.0 % Black. First authors were 59.5 % White, 32.8 % Asian, 5.2 % Hispanic, and 2.6 % Black (p=<0.0001). The presence of a URiM senior author increased the likelihood of a URiM first author 7-fold (p=<0.0001); 95 % CI [3.5-14.0]). There was no statistically significant difference in the total citation count relative to author race or ethnicity. The Aesthetic Surgery Journal had the greatest proportion of White senior authors (73.6 %), while Microsurgery had the highest percentage of URiM senior authors (8.7 %).
CONCLUSIONS: URiM authorship of PRS publications is limited and mentorship is essential to improve underrepresented perspectives in the PRS peer-reviewed literature.
方法:在过去10年(2012-2022年)中发表在七个影响最大的PRS同行评审期刊上的文章对第一作者和资深作者的种族和种族进行了回顾和分析,出版年份,和引用计数。
结果:共确定了23,549份出版物,其中8250份来自美国机构。对778种出版物(约10%)进行了随机抽样,以审查第一作者和资深作者的种族和种族。在所有期刊中,64.5%的资深作者是白人,29.9%亚洲人,4.6%西班牙裔,和1.0%黑色。第一作者是59.5%的白人,32.8%亚洲人,5.2%西班牙裔,和2.6%的黑色(p=<0.0001)。URiM资深作者的存在使URiM第一作者的可能性增加了7倍(p=<0.0001);95%CI[3.5-14.0])。相对于作者种族或种族,总引文计数没有统计学上的显着差异。《美容外科杂志》的白人高级作者比例最高(73.6%),而显微外科手术的URiM高级作者比例最高(8.7%)。
结论:PRS出版物的URiM作者身份有限,指导对于改善PRS同行评审文献中代表性不足的观点至关重要。