Journal article
Trends in Female Authorship at American Academy of Otolaryngology-HNS Annual Meetings From 2007 to 2022
Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, v 173(3), pp 626-635
01 Sep 2025
PMID: 40556563
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Abstract
Objective
This study aims to trends in female authorship in poster and oral presentations at American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) annual meetings.
Study Design
Retrospective analysis of AAO-HNS annual meeting presentations.
Setting
Abstract data from scientific contributions at AAO-HNS annual meetings.
Methods
ChatGPT 3.5 API was used to predict gender identities of author names extracted from publicly available scientific oral and poster presentation abstracts between 2007 and 2022. Secondary variables included presentation type (oral or poster presentation), presentation topic, and authorship order (first author, presenter, and senior author). Logistic regression models were explored to determine the probability of female author participation as first, presenting, and senior author.
Results
Our analysis included 48,877 authors extracted from 11,850 abstracts. For all oral and poster presentations, 29% of authors were female, increasing from 21.2% in 2007 to 37.9% in 2022 (P < .001). Although female authors accounted for 32% of presenters and 31% of first authors, they represented 22% of senior authors. Logistic regression models determined that the probability of female author participation increased by 5% each year; however, there remained a significant gap of 24.2% between male and female author participation in 2022.
Conclusion
Representation of female authors at annual AAO-HNS meetings has increased from 2007 to 2022 as demonstrated by artificial intelligence (AI)-generated gender identification of authors in this study. These trends reflect the changing demographics of otolaryngology trainees and their mentors. Future studies exploring methods to promote gender diversity are crucial for increasing female representation at all levels within otolaryngology research.
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- Title
- Trends in Female Authorship at American Academy of Otolaryngology-HNS Annual Meetings From 2007 to 2022
- Creators
- Tatiana Ferraro (Corresponding Author) - George Washington UniversitySandhya Ganesan - George Washington UniversityAnnie Arrighi-Allisan - University of PennsylvaniaMyra A. Zaheer - University of PennsylvaniaSarah Fangmeyer - George Washington UniversitySajad Sotudeh - Georgetown UniversityEsther Lee - George Washington UniversityNeelima Tummala - George Washington UniversityPunam Thakkar - George Washington UniversitySean M. Lee - George Washington UniversityTiffany Peng Hwa - University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, v 173(3), pp 626-635
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- American Academy of Otolaryngology
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Otolaryngology (and Head and Neck Surgery)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001515246500001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105008808644
- Other Identifier
- 991022197405804721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Surgery