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J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2024; 85(01): 044-056
DOI: 10.1055/a-2008-2884
Original Article

A Decade of Global Skull Base Researchers: Authorship Trends from 3,295 Abstracts in the Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base

Rosemary T. Behmer Hansen
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States
,
Samantha D. Palma
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
,
William A. Blocher III
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
,
Ryan A. Behmer Hansen 
3   Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States
,
Justin L. Gold
4   Department of Neurosurgery, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey, United States
,
Stephen J. Susman
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
,
Sai Batchu
5   Camden, New Jersey, United States
,
Nicole A. Silva
6   Department of Neurosurgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
,
Angela M. Richardson
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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Abstract

Objective The North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) multidisciplinary annual conference hosts skull base researchers from across the globe. We hypothesized that the work presented at the NASBS annual conference would reveal diverse authorship teams in terms of specialty and geography.

Methods In this retrospective review, abstracts presented at the NASBS annual meeting and subsequently published in the Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base between 01/01/2011 and 12/31/2020 were collected. Variables extracted included year, type of presentation, and author names and affiliations. Statistical analyses were performed with SPSS V23.0 with p-values less than 0.05 considered significant. Geographic heat maps were created to assess author distribution, and a network analysis was performed to display authorship collaboration between geographic regions.

Results Of 3,312 published abstracts, 731 (22.1%) had an author with an affiliation outside of the United States. Fifty-seven distinct countries were represented. Three-hundred twenty-four abstracts (9.8%) had authorship teams representing at least 2 different countries. The top five US states by abstract representation were Pennsylvania, California, New York, Ohio, and Minnesota. A majority of authors reported neurosurgery affiliations (56.7% first authors, 53.2% last authors), closely followed by otolaryngology (39.1% first authors, 41.5% last authors). No solo authors and very few (3.3%) of the first authors reported a departmental affiliation outside of otolaryngology or neurosurgery.

Conclusions Authors from many countries disseminate their work through poster and oral presentations at the NASBS annual meeting. Ten percent of abstracts were the product of international collaboration. Most authors were affiliated with a neurosurgery or otolaryngology department.

Keywords

skull base - conference - presentation - authorship - diversity - abstract - global surgery - global neurosurgery


Publication History

Received: 06 October 2022

Accepted: 01 January 2023

Accepted Manuscript online:
05 January 2023

Article published online:
07 February 2023

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