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Sex differences in authorship in cardiothoracic surgery during the early coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.


ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic negatively impacted cardiothoracic (CT) surgery, with changes in clinical, academic, and personal responsibilities. We hypothesized that the pandemic may disproportionately impact female academic CT surgeons, accentuating preexisting sex disparities. This study assessed sex differences in authorship of 2 major CT surgery journals during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

All accepted submissions to The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery between April and August of 2019 and the same period in 2020 were reviewed. Article type and author characteristics were obtained from the journals. Author sex was predicted using a validated multinational database (Genderize.io) and verified with authors' institutional and public professional profiles.

Results

In total, 1106 submissions were accepted during the 2019 period, whereas 900 articles (18.6% decrease) were accepted during the same period in 2020. Original research articles comprised 33.3% of the 2019 articles but only 4.9% of the 2020 articles. Female authors contributed to 39.3% (23.1% original research and 16.2% nonoriginal articles) and 29.4% (3.3% original research and 26.1% nonoriginal articles) of articles during the 2019 and 2020 periods, respectively. This represents a marked change in the type of articles that female authors contributed to.

Conclusions

Early on during the COVID-19 pandemic, the type of articles accepted, and authorship demographic changed. There was a decrease in contribution of female-authored CT surgery articles submitted to both journals, especially for original research. Future research will elucidate the long-term impact of the pandemic on sex disparities in academic productivity.

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SUBMITTER: Elfaki LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9150085 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Sex differences in authorship in cardiothoracic surgery during the early coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Elfaki Lina A LA   Luc Jessica G Y JGY   Antonoff Mara B MB   Cooke David T DT   Arora Rakesh C RC   Stamp Nikki N   Varghese Thomas K TK   Ouzounian Maral M  

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<h4>Objectives</h4>The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic negatively impacted cardiothoracic (CT) surgery, with changes in clinical, academic, and personal responsibilities. We hypothesized that the pandemic may disproportionately impact female academic CT surgeons, accentuating preexisting sex disparities. This study assessed sex differences in authorship of 2 major CT surgery journals during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic.<h4>Methods</h4>All accepted submissions to <i>The An  ...[more]

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