Table 1.
Proportion of Women First and Senior Authors in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Literature by Year
| Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (OPRS) Proportion of Female Authors (%) | ||||||
| Author | 1985 | 1995 | 2005 | 2015 | 2020 | p-value |
| First | 2/51 (3.9%) | 10/57 (17.5%) | 32/151 (21.2%) | 64/211 (30.3%) | 103/231 (44.6%) | <0.001 |
| Senior | 1/30 (3.3%) | 2/45 (4.4%) | 16/134 (11.9%) | 39/199 (19.6%) | 60/215 (27.9%) | <0.001 |
| All | 3/94 (3.2%) | 21/162 (13%) | 101/511 (19.8%) | 239/810 (29.5%) | 418/995 (42%) | <0.001 |
| Orbit Proportion of Female Authors (%) | ||||||
| Author | 1985 | 1995 | 2005 | 2015 | 2020 | p-value |
| First | 0/33 (0%) | 5/29 (17.2%) | 14/57 (24.6%) | 22/75 (29.3%) | 45/104 (43.3%) | <0.001 |
| Senior | ½2 (4.5%) | 3/19 (15.8%) | 12/52 (23.1%) | 23/74 (31.1%) | 34/100 (34%) | 0.002 |
| All | 6/81 (7.4%) | 11/75 (14.7%) | 52/207 (25.1%) | 106/329 (32.2%) | 194/452 (42.9%) | <0.001 |
| OPRS and Orbit Combined Proportion of Female Authors (%) | ||||||
| Author | 1985 | 1995 | 2005 | 2015 | 2020 | p-value |
| First | 2/84 (2.4%) | 15/86 (17.4%) | 46/208 (22.1%) | 86/286 (30.1%) | 148/335 (44.2%) | <0.001 |
| Senior | 2/52 (3.8%) | 5/64 (7.8%) | 28/186 (15.1%) | 62/273 (22.7%) | 94/315 (29.8%) | <0.001 |
| All | 9/175 (5.1%) | 32/237 (13.5%) | 153/718 (21.3%) | 345/1139 (30.3%) | 612/1447 (42.3%) | <0.001 |