Table 5.
Proportion of Articles with Same Sex Authorship in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Literature by Year
| Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (OPRS) Proportion of Articles (%) | ||||||
| First/Senior Author Sex | 1985 | 1995 | 2005 | 2015 | 2020 | p-value |
| Male/Male | 29 (96.7%) | 36 (80%) | 90 (67.2%) | 111 (55.8%) | 87 (40.5%) | <0.001 |
| Female/Female | 0 (0%) | 1 (2.2%) | 3 (2.2%) | 14 (7%) | 34 (15.8%) | <0.001 |
| Male/Female | 1 (3.3%) | 1 (2.2%) | 13 (9.7%) | 25 (12.6%) | 26 (12.1%) | 0.05 |
| Female/Male | 0 (0%) | 7 (15.6%) | 28 (20.9%) | 49 (24.6%) | 68 (31.6%) | <0.001 |
| Orbit Proportion of Articles (%) | ||||||
| First/Senior Author Sex | 1985 | 1995 | 2005 | 2015 | 2020 | p-value |
| Male/Male | 21 (95.5%) | 13 (68.4%) | 31 (59.6%) | 36 (48.6%) | 35 (35%) | 0.003 |
| Female/Female | 0 (0%) | 1 (5.3%) | 4 (7.7%) | 7 (9.5%) | 13 (13%) | 0.06 |
| Male/Female | 1 (4.5%) | 2 (10.5%) | 8 (15.4%) | 16 (21.6%) | 21 (21%) | 0.08 |
| Female/Male | 0 (0%) | 3 (15.8%) | 9 (17.3%) | 15 (20.3%) | 31 (31%) | 0.006 |
| OPRS and Orbit Combined Proportion of Articles (%) | ||||||
| First/Senior Author Sex | 1985 | 1995 | 2005 | 2015 | 2020 | p-value |
| Male/Male | 50 (96.2%) | 49 (76.6%) | 121 (65.1%) | 147 (53.8%) | 122 (38.7%) | <0.001 |
| Female/Female | 0 (0%) | 2 (3.1%) | 7 (3.8%) | 21 (7.8%) | 47 (14.9%) | <0.001 |
| Male/Female | 2 (3.8%) | 3 (4.7%) | 21 (11.3%) | 41 (15%) | 47 (14.9%) | 0.009 |
| Female/Male | 0 (0%) | 10 (15.6%) | 37 (19.9%) | 64 (23.4%) | 99 (31.4%) | <0.001 |