TY - JOUR
T1 - Bibliometric analysis of academic journal recommendations and requirements for surgical and anesthesiologic adverse events reporting
AU - Sholklapper, Tamir N.
AU - Ballon, Jorge
AU - Sayegh, Aref S.
AU - La Riva, Anibal
AU - Perez, Laura C.
AU - Huang, Sherry
AU - Eppler, Michael
AU - Nelson, Gregg
AU - Marchegiani, Giovanni
AU - Hinchliffe, Robert
AU - Gordini, Luca
AU - Furrer, Marc
AU - Brenner, Michael J.
AU - Dell-Kuster, Salome
AU - Biyani, Chandra Shekhar
AU - Francis, Nader
AU - Kaafarani, Haytham M.A.
AU - Siepe, Matthias
AU - Winter, Des
AU - Sosa, Julie A.
AU - Bandello, Francesco
AU - Siemens, Robert
AU - Walz, Jochen
AU - Briganti, Alberto
AU - Gratzke, Christian
AU - Abreu, Andre L.
AU - Desai, Mihir M.
AU - Sotelo, Rene
AU - Agha, Riaz
AU - Lillemoe, Keith D.
AU - Wexner, Steven
AU - Collins, Gary S.
AU - Gill, Inderbir
AU - Cacciamani, Giovanni E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
PY - 2023/5/3
Y1 - 2023/5/3
N2 - BACKGROUND: Standards for reporting surgical adverse events (AEs) vary widely within the scientific literature. Failure to adequately capture AEs hinders efforts to measure the safety of healthcare delivery and improve the quality of care. The aim of the present study is to assess the prevalence and typology of perioperative AE reporting guidelines among surgery and anesthesiology journals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In November 2021, three independent reviewers queried journal lists from the SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) portal (www.scimagojr.com), a bibliometric indicator database for surgery and anesthesiology academic journals. Journal characteristics were summarized using SCImago, a bibliometric indicator database extracted from Scopus journal data. Quartile 1 (Q1) was considered the top quartile and Q4 bottom quartile based on the journal impact factor. Journal author guidelines were collected to determine whether AE reporting recommendations were included and, if so, the preferred reporting procedures. RESULTS: Of 1409 journals queried, 655 (46.5%) recommended surgical AE reporting. Journals most likely to recommend AE reporting were: by category surgery (59.1%), urology (53.3%), and anesthesia (52.3%); in top SJR quartiles (i.e. more influential); by region, based in Western Europe (49.8%), North America (49.3%), and the Middle East (48.3%). CONCLUSIONS: Surgery and anesthesiology journals do not consistently require or provide recommendations on perioperative AE reporting. Journal guidelines regarding AE reporting should be standardized and are needed to improve the quality of surgical AE reporting with the ultimate goal of improving patient morbidity and mortality.
AB - BACKGROUND: Standards for reporting surgical adverse events (AEs) vary widely within the scientific literature. Failure to adequately capture AEs hinders efforts to measure the safety of healthcare delivery and improve the quality of care. The aim of the present study is to assess the prevalence and typology of perioperative AE reporting guidelines among surgery and anesthesiology journals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In November 2021, three independent reviewers queried journal lists from the SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) portal (www.scimagojr.com), a bibliometric indicator database for surgery and anesthesiology academic journals. Journal characteristics were summarized using SCImago, a bibliometric indicator database extracted from Scopus journal data. Quartile 1 (Q1) was considered the top quartile and Q4 bottom quartile based on the journal impact factor. Journal author guidelines were collected to determine whether AE reporting recommendations were included and, if so, the preferred reporting procedures. RESULTS: Of 1409 journals queried, 655 (46.5%) recommended surgical AE reporting. Journals most likely to recommend AE reporting were: by category surgery (59.1%), urology (53.3%), and anesthesia (52.3%); in top SJR quartiles (i.e. more influential); by region, based in Western Europe (49.8%), North America (49.3%), and the Middle East (48.3%). CONCLUSIONS: Surgery and anesthesiology journals do not consistently require or provide recommendations on perioperative AE reporting. Journal guidelines regarding AE reporting should be standardized and are needed to improve the quality of surgical AE reporting with the ultimate goal of improving patient morbidity and mortality.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85160207134
U2 - 10.1097/JS9.0000000000000323
DO - 10.1097/JS9.0000000000000323
M3 - Review article
C2 - 37132189
AN - SCOPUS:85160207134
SN - 1743-9191
VL - 109
SP - 1489
EP - 1496
JO - International journal of surgery (London, England)
JF - International journal of surgery (London, England)
IS - 5
ER -