Current Status of Women in Urology WorkforceBibliometric Analysis
Publication type
journal article
Publication date
2020
Author(s)
Language
Spanish
Discipline(s)
Abstract
Introduction Recently women have increased in all surgical medical areas and specifically in Urology represent ∼10% of workforce. Objective Describe the current status of women in Urology workforce. Methods Bibliometric retrospective analysis, based on research of literature from 1969 to 2019 using databases: MEDLINE, FABUMED and PubReminder®, using search terms: (workforce) AND (urology), including: journal articles, original research articles, reviews, essays and other scientific reports. The impact factor (FI) was obtained using Journal Citation Reports 2017/2018. Through Scopus, the h (HI) index was obtained. The variables analyzed were: total number of publications, journals, authors, institutions, percentage of publications by journal and country, pattern of scientific production throughout the period studied. A bibliometric mapping analysis was performed with VOSviewer® software. Results A total of 352 reviews were found from 1969 to 2019. The highest percentage of publications were in the last decade. A total of 131 journals were found, 28 of them specific to urology. The journal with the highest number of publications was the Journal of Urology. Ninety percent of the publications were from the United States. Only two main authors were women. Conclusions The interest in determining the role of women in the urological workforce is recent and it correlates with the increase of female representation in this area. © 2020 Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.. All rights reserved.
Journal
Urologia Colombiana
ISSN
0120-789X
Volume
29
Issue
4
Pagination
209-216