Table 2.
Proportion of Women First and Senior Authors in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Original Articles by Year
| Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (OPRS) Proportion of Female Authors (%) | ||||||
| Author | 1985 | 1995 | 2005 | 2015 | 2020 | p-value |
| First | 1/32 (3.1%) | 9/50 (18%) | 18/64 (28.1%) | 23/72 (31.9%) | 29/81 (35.8%) | <0.001 |
| Senior | 1/23 (4.3%) | 2/44 (4.5%) | 10/60 (16.7%) | 11/72 (15.3%) | 20/80 (25%) | 0.001 |
| All | 2/67 (3%) | 20/151 (13.2%) | 53/246 (21.5%) | 97/319 (30.4%) | 171/457 (37.4%) | <0.001 |
| Orbit Proportion of Female Authors (%) | ||||||
| Author | 1985 | 1995 | 2005 | 2015 | 2020 | p-value |
| First | 0/28 (0%) | 4/25 (16%) | 8/30 (26.7%) | 16/43 (37.2%) | 17/26 (65.4%) | <0.001 |
| Senior | 1/19 (5.3%) | 3/19 (15.8%) | 3/28 (10.7%) | 13/43 (30.2%) | 11/26 (42.3%) | <0.001 |
| All | 6/71 (8.5%) | 10.71 (14.1%) | 25/114 (21.9%) | 71/199 (35.7%) | 74/148 (50%) | <0.001 |
| OPRS and Orbit Combined Proportion of Female Authors (%) | ||||||
| Author | 1985 | 1995 | 2005 | 2015 | 2020 | p-value |
| First | 1/60 (1.7%) | 13/75 (17.3%) | 26/94 (27.7%) | 39/115 (33.9%) | 46/107 (43%) | <0.001 |
| Senior | 2/42 (4.8%) | 5/63 (7.9%) | 13/88 (14.8%) | 24/115 (20.9%) | 31/106 (29.2%) | <0.001 |
| All | 8/138 (5.8%) | 30/222 (13.5%) | 78/360 (21.7%) | 168/531 (31.6%) | 245/605 (40.5%) | <0.001 |