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Research Equity in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Rolvix Harlan Patterson, Mary Jue Xu, Samuel Okerosi, Mahmood F Bhutta, Carolina Der, Blake Alkire, Rose Njogu, Varun Vendra, Sharon Ovnat Tamir, Johannes J Fagan

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cleft Lip and Palate Publishing Trends From Authors in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in Cleft and Craniofacial Journals.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2026
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  2. Bioethics committee approvals in multicentre laryngology research across Europe: the European Laryngological Society's consensus on legal basis and quality assurance.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  4. Global Authorship Representation in Otolaryngology Clinical Trials.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2025
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  5. A Comparative Analysis of Otolaryngology Journal Characteristics and Metrics Across World Bank Income Groups.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Rolvix Harlan PattersonDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery and Communication Sciences, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Mary Jue XuDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Samuel OkerosiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Machakos Level Five Hospital, Machakos, Kenya.
Mahmood F BhuttaUniversity Hospitals Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Carolina DerSchool of Medicine, Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo; Otorhinolaryngology Department, Dr Luis Calvo Mackenna Children's Hospital, Santiago, Chile.
Blake AlkireProgram in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Rose NjoguSH:24 Sexual and Adolescent Reproductive Health, London, UK.
Varun VendraDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sharon Ovnat TamirDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, Ben Gurion University, Ashdod, Israel.
Johannes J FaganDivision of Otolaryngology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Equitable research collaborations benefit the quality and relevance of global otolaryngology-head and neck surgery research. However, analyses of existing global health literature have shown disproportionate representation by foreign authors. To avert this inequity and improve global otolaryngology-head and neck surgery research, we propose a framework that emphasizes local representation and capacity building in research.

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global healthglobal surgeryresearch equity

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PMID34212124
PMCPMC8216382

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