背景:追踪医疗保健中性别和学术出版物生产率的研究发现研究活动中的性别差异,出版物,和作者。文章作者身份是在寻求了解学术职业发展中的性别不平等时跟踪的重要指标之一。关于医学放射科学(MRS)领域出版物生产率中的性别差异的研究非常有限,因此本研究分析并解释了在《医学影像与放射科学杂志》(JMIRS)上发表的文章作者身份和接受度的潜在性别差异。5年(2017-2021)。
方法:根据作者的名字或标题推断性别(例如,Mr,夫人或女士)。对于那些将标题留空或报告为“博士”或“教授”的人,采取了一系列步骤来确定他们的性别。在不可能归因于性别的地方,这些作者被排除在外。报告了研究人群的描述性和推断性统计数据。使用描述性和推断性统计。报告了女性的百分比,男性构成了另一部分。卡方,斜率分析和z检验用于检验假设。
结果:结果表明,女性作者身份总体上以及所有类别的作者身份(即,首先,最后和相应的)在审查的时间范围内增加。增加的百分比高于男性作者的百分比。然而,男性作者身份从2017年的较高基线开始,并且逐年和总体上也有所增加,以及在每个位置类别中检查。与其他MRS亚专业相比,MRS亚专业放射治疗(RT)的女性作者更多。对有女性作者的文章接受率的分析显示出微弱的下降趋势,这可能与同期男性作者的文章提交率和接受率较高有关。
结论:男性作者在所有类别中的比例都很高,这引发了关于JMIRS作者身份和文章接受中性别差异持续存在的问题。女性作者身份的积极趋势表明了进步,然而,在学术出版中,女性在医学放射科学劳动力中的代表性仍然很低。招聘更多的男性来解决职业中的性别失衡不应该以牺牲女性的职业发展为代价。
BACKGROUND: Research studies tracking gender and academic publication productivity in healthcare find gender disparities in research activity, publication, and authorship. Article authorship is one of the important metrics to track when seeking to understand gender inequality in academic career advancement. Research on gender disparities in publication productivity in the field of Medical Radiation Science (MRS) is very limited thus this study analyses and explains potential gender differences in article authorship and acceptance for publication in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences (JMIRS) for a 5-year period (2017-2021).
METHODS: Gender was inferred based on the author\'s first name or title (e.g., Mr, Mrs or Ms). For those who left the title blank or reported as \'Dr\' or \'Prof,\' a series of steps were taken to identify their gender. Where gender was impossible to ascribe, these authors were excluded. Descriptive and inferential statistics are reported for the study population. Descriptive and inferential statistics are used. Percentages of females are reported, and males constitute the other portion. Chi-square, slope analysis and z-tests were used to test hypotheses.
RESULTS: Results show that female authorship overall and in all categories of authorship placement (i.e., first, last and corresponding) increased over the timeframe reviewed. The percentage gain in the increase was higher than that for male authorship. However, male authorship started from a higher baseline in 2017 and has also increased year on year and overall, as well as in each placement category examined. More female authors were in the MRS sub-specialism Radiation Therapy (RT) than in the other MRS sub-specialisms. Analysis of the acceptance rate of articles with female authors shows a weak downward trend, and this may be related to higher submission and acceptance rates of articles by male authors during the same period.
CONCLUSIONS: Male authors are overrepresented in all categories, which raises questions about the persistence of gender disparities in JMIRS authorship and article acceptance. Positive trends in female authorship indicate progress, yet there is the persistence of the significant under-representation of women in the Medical Radiation Sciences workforce in academic publishing. Recruiting more males to address the gender imbalance in the profession should not be at the expense of females\' career progression.