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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022

The Extent of Gender Gap in Citations in Ophthalmology Literature.

Suqi Cao, Yue Xiong, Wenhua Zhang, Jiawei Zhou, Zhifen He

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Suqi CaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Yue XiongDepartment of Ophthalmology, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Wenhua ZhangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Jiawei ZhouDepartment of Ophthalmology, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Zhifen HeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Wenzhou Medical University · CNAffiliated Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the severity and causes of gender imbalance in the counts of ophthalmology citations. Methods: The PubMed database was searched to identify cited papers that were published in four journals ( Results: The proportion of female-led (MF and FF) papers slightly increased from 27% in 2015 to 30% in 2020. MM, FM, MF, and FF papers were cited as -9.3, -1.5, 13.0, and 23.9% more than expected, respectively. MM papers cited 13.9% more male-led (MM and FM) papers than female-led papers, and FF papers cited 33.5% fewer male-led papers than female-led papers. The difference between the observed proportion and expected proportion of MM citing papers within male-led and female-led cited papers grew at a rate of 0.13 and 0.67% per year. Conclusion: The high frequency of citations of female-led papers might narrow the gender gap in the citation count within ophthalmology. These findings show that papers by female-led are less common, so the gender gap might still exist even with their high citation count.

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citationequitygendergeneralized additive modelophthalmology

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PMID35665332
PMCPMC9159794
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