COVID-19流行病对学术研究的影响 放射学中的性别差异
Mohamed Sobhi Jabal1, Mohamed K Ibrahim2, Jennifer S McDonald2
1Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA (M.S.J., M.K.I., J.S.M., M.A.S., H.K., S.G., C.B., W.B., D.F.K.); Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (M.S.J.).
Academic radiology
|October 20, 2023
概括
随着COVID-19大流行,全球和美国放射学研究中的女性作者数量略有增加. 这一趋势与其他医学领域形成鲜明对比,这表明放射学学术出版物中性别平等的潜在转变.
科学领域:
- 医学研究 医学研究
- 放射学 放射学是一门学科.
- 性别研究是关于性别的研究.
背景情况:
- 性别差异是放射学领域的一个持久问题.
- 随着COVID-19的流行,全球研究活动发生了重大破坏,可能会加剧或改变医疗专业中现有的性别差异.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19大流行对放射学研究中的学术作者性别差异的影响.
- 分析全球和美国在流行病期间女性作者率的变化.
主要方法:
- 一项回顾性观察研究分析了110,843篇全球和23,977篇美国放射学文章.
- 作者的性别使用自动化性别推断工具来确定.
- 用描述性统计数据来检查作者趋势.
主要成果:
- 在全球范围内,女性第一作者从16.9%上升到17.6%,女性合并作者从19.7%上升到20.0%在COVID前期.
- 在美国,女性第一作者从19.0%增加到19.6%,女性联合作者从20.2%增加到21.1%.
- 在包括哥伦比亚,丹麦,埃及,法国,印度和日本在内的几个国家,女性作者的数量显著增加,在新西兰观察到的下降. 佛罗里达州和马萨诸塞州等美国州也显示出增长.
结论:
- 放射学研究在COVID-19大流行期间在全球和美国的女性作者数量略有增加,与其他一些医学领域的趋势有所不同.
- 虽然疫情可能影响了这些结果,但需要进一步研究,以了解区域性因果因素,并确定在放射学研究中推进性别平等的战略.
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