Table 1.
Characteristics of all articles included across journals, centers, and specialties.
| # Manuscripts (%) | |
|---|---|
| Total | 1303 |
| Journal | |
| American Journal of Surgery | 392 (30.1%) |
| Journal of Surgical Research | 116 (8.9%) |
| JAMA* Surgery | 256 (19.6%) |
| Surgery | 266 (20.4%) |
| Annals of Surgery | 273 (21.0%) |
| Single & Multi Center | |
| Single Center | 916 (70.3%) |
| Multi Center | 387 (29.7%) |
| Domestic & International | |
| Domestic | 771 (59.2%) |
| International | 532 (40.8%) |
| Surgical Specialty | |
| Bariatric | 33 (2.5%) |
| Breast | 56 (4.3%) |
| Cardiac | 17 (1.3%) |
| Colorectal | 137 (10.5%) |
| Endocrine | 126 (9.7%) |
| General Surgery | 205 (15.7%) |
| Pediatric | 34 (2.6%) |
| Surgical Education/Training | 98 (7.5%) |
| Surgical Oncology | 250 (19.2%) |
| Surgery – Unspecified | 72 (5.5%) |
| Thoracic | 39 (3.0%) |
| Transplant | 49 (3.8%) |
| Trauma/Critical Care | 118 (9.1%) |
| Vascular | 42 (3.2%) |
| Other** | 27 (2.1%) |
*
JAMA = Journal of the American Medical Association.
**
Other includes biotech/biodesign (n=4), burn (n=2), neurosurgery (n=6), orthopedic surgery (n=2), healthcare disparities/EMR/epidemiology studies (n=8), otolaryngology/HNS (n=2), plastic surgery (n=1), urology (n=2).