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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Revista Urología Colombiana / Colombian Urology Journal 2020; 29(04): 209-216
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1721723
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Estado actual de las mujeres en la fuerza laboral en urología. Análisis bibliométrico

Current Status of Women in Urology Workforce. Bibliometric Analysis
Catalina Solano 
1   Uroclin, Medellín, Colombia
,
Ana María Cárdenas Ortiz
2   Clínica Nueva El Lago, Bogotá, Colombia
,
Luz Marina Bernal Jaimes
3   Clínica Sagrado Corazón, Medellín, Colombia
,
Daisy Ximena Roa Saavedra 
4   Cooperativa Especializada de Servicios Urológicos del Tolima, Urotol, Ibagué, Colombia
,
Catalina Osorio Ospino
5   Clinica Comfamiliar, Pereira, Colombia
,
Catalina Sánchez Basto
2   Clínica Nueva El Lago, Bogotá, Colombia
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Resumen

Introducción Las mujeres han incursionado y aumentado en todas las áreas médico quirúrgicas y específicamente en la Urología, representando aproximadamente un 10% de esta fuerza laboral.

Objetivo Describir el estado actual de las mujeres en la fuerza laboral en Urología a nivel mundial.

Métodos Análisis bibliométrico basado en búsqueda retrospectiva de la literatura del año 1969 a 2019, mediante base de datos: MEDLINE, FABUMED y PubReminder®, utilizando términos de búsqueda: (workforce) AND (urology), incluyendo: artículos de revista, artículos originales de investigación, reseñas, ensayos y otros informes científicos. Se obtuvo el factor de impacto (FI) mediante Journal Citation Reports 2017/2018. A través de Scopus se obtuvo el h-index (HI). Las variables analizadas fueron: número total de publicaciones, revistas, autores, instituciones, porcentaje de publicaciones por revista y país, patrón de producción científica a lo largo del período estudiado. Se realizó análisis de mapeo bibliométrico con software VOSviewer®.

Resultados Se encontraron un total de 352 revisiones desde el año 1969 hasta 2019. El mayor porcentaje de publicaciones fueron en la última década. Se encontraron en total 131 revistas, de ellas, 28 específicas de urología. La revista con mayor número de publicaciones fue el Journal of Urology. El 90% de los autores provienen de Estados Unidos y del total de artículos solo dos autores principales eran mujeres.

Conclusiones El interés por determinar el papel de la mujer en la fuerza laboral urológica es reciente y se correlaciona con el aumento de la representación femenina en esta área.

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.

Palabras clave

fuerza laboral - fuerza laboral femenina - fuerza laboral urológica - mujer médico - reducción de mano de obra - rol de la mujer

Keywords

workforce - female workforce - urology workforce - female physician - workforce shortage - women's roles


Publication History

Received: 28 August 2020

Accepted: 12 November 2020

Article published online:
16 December 2020

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