A retrospective analysis of medical student authorship in highest impact radiology journal publications

IF 1.5 Q3 RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI:10.1067/j.cpradiol.2025.01.007

Aiman Shahid BSc , Rooshi Parikh BSc , Muhammad Ebrahim Shahid , Aleena Malik BSc , Sonali Sharma BSc , Faisal Khosa MD MBA

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Abstract

Objectives

To assess medical student authorship in radiology research, focusing on the prevalence and impact of student articles, demographic trends, and potential barriers and opportunities for involvement.

Methods

We retrospectively assessed original research and review papers from 2018 to 2022 in the top five radiology journals based on their 2022 Impact Factor. Three reviewers manually validated and classified articles by medical student (MS) and non-MS authorship. Data collected included publication and authorship metrics. Thematic analysis of articles was performed from keywords and SCOPUS topic clusters. Significant associations were identified using chi-squared and two-tailed z-tests.

Results

Of the 2533 publications from all five journals, only 0.47 % were MS-authored, of which 83.3 % had a Field Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) > 1. Of the 19 MS authors, 68.42 % had prior publications, with the same proportion holding prior first authorship. Female students averaged a higher FWCI (2.47 ± 2.31) but comprised only 26.32 % of all students. Only 16.67 % of MS articles had a female senior author (SA). This was consistent in non-MS articles, with females representing 19.9 % to 25.2 % of SAs across all journals. Of the 2521 non-MS articles, 92 % were classified into themes, revealing that 47.89 % of publications primarily focused on machine learning, while another 42.26 % incorporated some machine learning concepts.

Conclusion

Compared to non-medical student publications in radiology, those by medical students were disproportionately limited but impactful. Both demographic and academic factors hinder student engagement in publishing. Hence promoting, supporting, and sponsoring student involvement in research is pivotal for the discipline.

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对医学学生在最具影响力的放射学期刊上发表论文的回顾性分析。

目的：评估医学生在放射学研究中的作者身份，重点关注学生文章的流行程度和影响、人口趋势以及参与的潜在障碍和机会。方法：根据2022年影响因子对2018 - 2022年前5大放射学期刊的原始研究和综述论文进行回顾性评估。三位审稿人手动验证和分类医学生（MS）和非MS作者的文章。收集的数据包括出版和作者度量。从关键词和SCOPUS主题聚类对文章进行主题分析。使用卡方检验和双尾z检验确定显著关联。结果：5个期刊的2533篇论文中，ms作者仅占0.47%，其中83.3%具有领域加权引文影响（FWCI） bbb1。在19位MS作者中，68.42%的人曾发表过论文，同样比例的人曾是第一作者。女生的FWCI平均值较高（2.47±2.31），但仅占全体学生的26.32%。只有16.67%的MS文章有女性资深作者（SA）。这在非ms文章中也是一致的，在所有期刊中，女性占sa的19.9%至25.2%。在2521篇非ms文章中，92%被分类为主题，这表明47.89%的出版物主要关注机器学习，而另外42.26%的出版物纳入了一些机器学习概念。结论：与非医学生发表的放射学论文相比，医学生发表的论文数量有限，但影响较大。人口统计学和学术因素都阻碍了学生对出版的参与。因此，促进、支持和赞助学生参与研究对该学科至关重要。

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Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING-

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

0.00%

发文量

113

审稿时长

46 days

期刊介绍： Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology covers important and controversial topics in radiology. Each issue presents important viewpoints from leading radiologists. High-quality reproductions of radiographs, CT scans, MR images, and sonograms clearly depict what is being described in each article. Also included are valuable updates relevant to other areas of practice, such as medical-legal issues or archiving systems. With new multi-topic format and image-intensive style, Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology offers an outstanding, time-saving investigation into current topics most relevant to radiologists.