Representation of women authorship in the top-cited articles published in the medical imaging literature.

IF 4.5 2区医学 Q1 RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING

Insights into Imaging Pub Date : 2025-09-27 DOI:10.1186/s13244-025-02085-4

Hyung Jin Lee, Dae Young Yoon, Sora Baek, Kyoung Ja Lim, Young Lan Seo, Eun Joo Yun

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the representation of women among the authors of top-cited articles published in the medical imaging literature.

Materials and methods: This retrospective bibliometric study queried the Web of Science database to identify the top-cited articles (citation number ≥ 300) in the medical imaging literature. The gender of the first and last (senior) authors was determined based on online databases. The year of publication, country of origin, document type, and subspecialty for each article were also collected. We analyzed the proportion of women authors and the relationships between author gender and article characteristics.

Results: Among 596 top-cited articles, women accounted for 132 (22.1%) of first authors and 84 (14.1%) of last authors. Women as last authors were more likely to publish with women first authors compared to male first authors (odds ratio: 1.35). Women's first authorship was significantly more frequent in articles from South Korea (44.4%; phi = 0.095) and in radiation oncology (38.1%; phi = 0.106) and significantly less frequent in articles from France (0.0%; phi = -0.102). Women's last authorship was significantly more frequent in articles from the Netherlands (30.6%; phi = 0.120), in breast (38.9%; phi = 0.126), and in radiation oncology (28.6%; phi = 0.115), and significantly less frequent in nuclear medicine (4.3%; phi = -0.083).

Conclusion: Women authors remain underrepresented in top-cited articles published in the medical imaging literature, with country of origin and subspecialty identified as factors of influence.

Critical relevance statement: Women are still underrepresented among the authors of the top-cited articles in the medical imaging literature. The findings highlight the gender disparities in the highest academic achievement in this biomedical field and provide valuable insight into this ongoing issue.

Key points: Women authors remain underrepresented in top-cited articles in the medical imaging literature. Women accounted for 22.1% of first authors and 14.1% of last authors. There were variations in the proportion of women authors between countries and subspecialties.

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医学影像文献中发表的被引次数最多的文章中女性作者的代表性。

目的：探讨医学影像学文献中高被引文章的作者中女性的比例。材料和方法：本回顾性文献计量学研究查询Web of Science数据库，以确定医学影像学文献中被引次数最多的文章（被引次数≥300）。第一和最后（资深）作者的性别是根据在线数据库确定的。还收集了每篇文章的出版年份、原产国、文件类型和亚专业。我们分析了女性作者的比例以及作者性别与文章特征之间的关系。结果：在596篇高被引文章中，第一作者中女性占132篇（22.1%），最后作者中女性占84篇（14.1%）。与男性第一作者相比，女性作为最后作者更有可能发表女性第一作者的文章（优势比：1.35）。女性第一作者在韩国（44.4%,phi = 0.095）和放射肿瘤学（38.1%,phi = 0.106）的文章中明显较多，而在法国（0.0%,phi = -0.102）的文章中明显较少。女性的最后作者在荷兰（30.6%,phi = 0.120）、乳腺（38.9%,phi = 0.126）和放射肿瘤学（28.6%,phi = 0.115）的文章中出现的频率明显更高，而在核医学（4.3%,phi = -0.083）的文章中出现的频率明显更低。结论：女性作者在医学影像文献中发表的被引次数最多的文章中仍然代表性不足，原籍国和亚专业被确定为影响因素。关键相关性声明：在医学影像文献中被引用最多的文章的作者中，女性的代表性仍然不足。研究结果突出了这一生物医学领域最高学术成就中的性别差异，并为这一持续存在的问题提供了宝贵的见解。重点：女性作者在医学影像文献中被引用最多的文章中仍然代表性不足。第一作者中女性占22.1%，最后作者中女性占14.1%。不同国家和不同亚专业的女性作者比例存在差异。

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Insights into Imaging Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

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7.30

自引率

4.30%

发文量

182

审稿时长

13 weeks

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