A 15-Year Review of Trainee Contributions to the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Hossein E Jazayeri; Kevin C Lee; Sung-Kiang Chuang; Anh D Le; Steven Wang; Rabie M Shanti

doi:10.1016/j.joms.2019.01.003

A 15-Year Review of Trainee Contributions to the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2019 Jun;77(6):1147-1151. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2019.01.003. Epub 2019 Jan 15.

Authors

Hossein E Jazayeri¹, Kevin C Lee², Sung-Kiang Chuang³, Anh D Le⁴, Steven Wang⁵, Rabie M Shanti⁵

Affiliations

¹ DMD Candidate, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: hjaz@upenn.edu.
² Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY.
³ Clinical Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pharmacology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁴ Chair and Norman Vine Endowed Professor of Oral Rehabilitation, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pharmacology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁵ Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pharmacology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

PMID: 30738062
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2019.01.003

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to quantify trainee contributions to the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (JOMS).

Materials and methods: This was retrospective cohort study of research articles published in the JOMS from 2002 to 2016. Predictor variables were the presence and type of trainee author. Outcomes were study topic and design. Comparisons were performed using χ² tests. To quantify trainee contributions, the 1) number and 2) proportion of articles with a trainee author and 3) the proportion of trainee authors per publication were calculated. The association between time and the number and proportion of trainee articles was determined using simple correlations. The association between time and percentage of trainee authors per publication was determined using analysis of variance.

Results: Of the 1,455 articles included in this study, 72.0% had at least 1 trainee author and trainees composed 27.6% of all authorships. The number and proportion of trainee articles slowly increased with time, and there was a strong correlation between percentage of trainee articles and publication year (r = 0.86; P < .01). Compared with articles without a trainee, a larger proportion of trainee articles were on orthognathic procedures (P < .01). Trainee articles also had a larger proportion of case reports and series (P = .03) and retrospective cohort studies (P < .01) and a smaller proportion of prospective cohort studies (P = .02), literature reviews and meta-analysis (P < .01), and randomized controlled trials (P = .02).

Conclusions: Trainee authors contributed to most JOMS articles, and an increasing percentage of articles included trainee authors. Efforts should be made to include trainees in studies with higher levels of evidence.

MeSH terms

Authorship
Dental Care
Humans
Orthognathic Surgical Procedures*
Periodicals as Topic*
Prospective Studies
Retrospective Studies
Surgery, Oral*