- Framework of problems / Objective
- Lack of diversity in review authorship teams
- Authorship diversity in general surgery-related Cochrane systematic reviews: a bibliometric study
| Ref ID | 930 |
| First Author | R.B. Rathna |
| Journal | BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY |
| Year Of Publishing | 2023 |
| URL | https://academic.oup.com/bjs/article/110/8/989/7156988 |
| Keywords |
Cochrane Surgery Author Equity Team |
| Problem(s) |
Lack of diversity in review authorship teams |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 250 |
| Summary of Findings | From a research letter published in 2023 on general surgery on 3 September 2022. An analysis of 1420 authors of 250 Cochrane reviews that around one-quarter of the articles had no female authors (58, 23.2 per cent), compared with 8 (3.2 per cent) without male authors. The most prolific countries publishing these reviews were high income (UK (562, 39.4 per cent), China (163, 11.5 per cent), Italy (144, 10.1 per cent), Canada (91, 6.4 per cent), and the USA (89, 6.2 per cent). Only Syria, India and Nigeria (0.3 per, 0.6 per cent, 0.1 per cent respectively) were the only countries from lower–middle-income groups that had representation. |
| Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? | Not Applicable |
| Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? | No |