Urogynecology Research Is Underrepresented in Top Obstetrics and Gynecology Journals.

IF 0.8 Q4 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Urogynecology (Hagerstown, Md.) Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-04 DOI:10.1097/SPV.0000000000001651
Monica Saleeb, Sruthi Muluk, Nicole Wood, Elisabeth Sappenfield, Elena Tunitsky-Bitton
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Abstract

Importance: Patients with urogynecologic conditions commonly present to general gynecology practices. Consequently, it is imperative that journals for obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) represent topics pertinent to comprehensive women's health, including urogynecology topics.

Objective: The aim of the study was to analyze the prevalence of urogynecology research compared to other topics in top OBGYN journals.

Study design: This was a retrospective review of all papers published in top OBGYN-focused journals from 2000 to 2023. The publicly available PubMed package in R was used to extract papers. Stata, a statistical software package, was used to develop an algorithm searching for key words concerning urogynecology, obstetrics, benign gynecology, gynecologic oncology, and reproductive endocrinology and infertility. The algorithm was tested and cross-validated via manual review of papers published in 1999 to determine whether identified key words were accurate in determining paper content. The algorithm was modified with additional key words and revalidated based on this initial analysis.

Results: Validation of the algorithm using all 1999 publications from several top OBGYN journals found a 93.48% accuracy for correct identification and classification of papers. Analysis was performed for 81,174 articles between 2000 and 2023. An average of 6.64% of publications focused on urogynecology topics. In contrast, 41.42% of publications concerned obstetrics, 33.9% on other benign gynecology, 41.9% on gynecologic oncology, and 24.7% on reproductive endocrinology and infertility.

Conclusions: This study reveals consistent underrepresentation of urogynecology topics in leading OBGYN journals. Given that generalist gynecologists may not subscribe to subspecialty journals, this study underscores the need for the inclusion of urogynecologic research in OBGYN journals.

泌尿妇科研究在顶级妇产科期刊中代表性不足。
重要性:泌尿妇科疾病患者通常出现在一般妇科实践。因此,产科和妇科(OBGYN)期刊必须代表与综合妇女健康相关的主题,包括泌尿妇科主题。目的:本研究的目的是分析泌尿妇科研究在妇产科顶级期刊中与其他主题的比较。研究设计:本研究回顾性分析了2000年至2023年在妇产科重点期刊上发表的所有论文。使用R中公开可用的PubMed软件包提取论文。利用统计软件包Stata开发了一种搜索泌尿妇科、产科、良性妇科、妇科肿瘤学、生殖内分泌与不孕症等关键词的算法。通过人工审阅1999年发表的论文,对算法进行测试和交叉验证,以确定识别的关键词在确定论文内容时是否准确。在初始分析的基础上,对算法进行了额外的关键字修改和重新验证。结果:使用几个顶级OBGYN期刊的所有1999篇论文对算法进行验证,正确识别和分类的准确率为93.48%。对2000年至2023年间的81174篇文章进行了分析。平均6.64%的出版物集中于泌尿妇科主题。相比之下,41.42%的出版物涉及产科,33.9%涉及其他良性妇科,41.9%涉及妇科肿瘤学,24.7%涉及生殖内分泌和不孕症。结论:本研究揭示了领先的妇产科期刊中泌尿妇科主题的代表性不足。鉴于全科妇科医生可能不订阅亚专科期刊,本研究强调了在妇产科期刊中纳入泌尿妇科研究的必要性。
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