Publication Productivity Among Academic Orthopaedic Surgeons in Canada

Atwan, Yousif; Charron, Brynn Petras; Sidhu, Sahil; Cavanagh, Joseph; Degen, Ryan M.

doi:10.7759/cureus.8441

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“…The advantage of the H-index is that it provides a single number to indicate surgeons’ productivity and mitigates the skewed appearance of academic productivity that occurs when a small number of publications have a large number of citations, and vice-versa. Multiple studies have proven that academic productivity is associated with academic promotion [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ]. It has been shown that the H-index offers better validity than other bibliometric indices of research performance in the surgical field [ 12 , 13 ].…”

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Using the H-index as a factor in the promotion of surgical faculty

Wang

Lewis

Zheng-Pywell

et al. 2022

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Using the H-index as a factor in the promotion of surgical faculty

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“…Prior studies have found that women in academic surgery are less likely to advance from assistant professor to associate professor 21 . A recent Canadian study explored the role of orthopaedic subspecialty and academic rank on the h-index and found that there were differences in the h-index among the various subspecialties 22 . However, to our knowledge, there has been no analysis of the role that orthopaedic subspecialty selection plays in academic promotion or the differences in research productivity among the various subspecialties in the United States.…”

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Subspecialty Selection Impacts Research Productivity and Faculty Rank of Academic Orthopaedic Surgeons

Haimowitz

Veliky

Forrester

et al. 2021

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

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Background: Faculty promotion and research productivity are important for the overall career trajectory of academic orthopaedic surgeons. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role that subspecialty and demographic factors play in research productivity and academic advancement among orthopaedic surgeons. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of academic rank among orthopaedic surgeons in 2018. We identified academic orthopaedic programs in the United States from the Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database (FREIDA) and collected publicly available data for surgeons, including fellowship training, gender, faculty rank, geographic region, and years since residency, from institutional websites. Research productivity was defined with the Hirsch index (h-index) from Scopus, and the m-index was calculated from the surgeon's h-index and the date of the first publication. Multivariate regression analyses were performed to determine the variables that are associated with associate professorship, full professorship, and the h-index. Results: In this study, we identified and included 2,879 academic orthopaedic surgeons. Completion of a fellowship in foot and ankle (odds ratio [95% confidence interval]: 2.45 [1.17 to 5.15]), sports medicine (2.15 [1.12 to 4.15]), trauma (2.83 [1.42 to 5.66]), hand and upper extremity (2.20 [1.13 to 4.28]), musculoskeletal oncology (3.28 [1.49 to 7.21]), or upper-extremity reconstruction (3.20 [1.31 to 7.81]) was associated with associate professorship. Completion of a trauma fellowship was associated with full professorship (2.93 [1.27 to 6.77]). Completion of a fellowship in adult reconstruction (difference in least-squares means [95% confidence interval]: 5.01 [1.22 to 8.81]), sports medicine (4.52 [1.00 to 8.04]), spine (5.40 [1.63 to 9.18]), or upper-extremity reconstruction (10.64 [6.15 to 15.12]) or the completion of multiple fellowships (5.12 [1.27 to 8.94]) were independently associated with a higher h-index. Women had significantly lower h-indices than men at the assistant (median [interquartile range]: 3 [1 to 6] versus 4 [2 to 8]) and full professor (17 [12 to 26] versus 22 [13 to 34]) levels. There were no differences in the m-index between men and women at any academic rank. Conclusions: Orthopaedic subspecialty selection is independently associated with research productivity and academic rank. The differences in research productivity may be important to consider when evaluating orthopaedic surgeons for promotion. While female surgeons had lower h-indices than their male counterparts, this difference was not seen when using the m-index.Disclosure: The Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest forms are provided with the online version of the article (http://links.lww.com/JBJS/G790).

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“…Hirsch noted that for researchers in traditional subfields of physics a value for h of 12 is typical for promotion to associate professor at major US research universities, and a value of 18 is typical for promotion to full professor 5 . Multiple studies have been performed examining bibliometric benchmarks for various medical specialties 4,7–9 . A meta‐analysis was performed in 2020 that included data on 14 567 academic physicians 10 .…”

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“… 5 Multiple studies have been performed examining bibliometric benchmarks for various medical specialties. 4 , 7 , 8 , 9 A meta‐analysis was performed in 2020 that included data on 14 567 academic physicians. 10 In this study, it was shown that the h‐index increases with academic rank with a mean h‐index of 5.2 for assistant professors, 11.2 for associate professors, and 20.8 for full professors.…”

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Research productivity of radiation therapy physics faculty in the United States

Meeks

Shang

Willoughby

et al. 2021

J Applied Clin Med Phys

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Purpose Research productivity metrics are important for decisions regarding hiring, retention, and promotion in academic medicine, and these metrics can vary widely among different disciplines. This article examines productivity metrics for radiation therapy physicists (RTP) in the United States. Methods and materials Database searches were performed for RTP faculty at US institutions that have RTP residencies accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP). Demographics, academic rank, number of publications, academic career length, Hirsch index (h‐index), m‐quotient, and history of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding as a principal investigator (PI) were collected for each RTP. Logistic regression was performed to determine the probability of academic rank as a function of h‐index and m‐quotient. Statistical tests used included the Wilcoxon ranked sum test and the Pearson χ2 test. Results A total of 1038 faculty and staff were identified at 78 institutions with CAMPEP‐accredited residencies. The average RTP academic career duration is 13.5 years, with 46.7 total publications, h‐index of 10.7, and m‐quotient of 0.66. Additionally, 10.5% of RTP have a history of NIH funding as a PI. Large disparities were found in academic productivity of doctoral‐prepared physicists compared to those with a terminal master's degree. For differences in junior and senior faculty, statistical tests yielded significance in career duration, number of publications, h‐index, and m‐quotient. Gender disparities were identified in the overall distribution of RTP consistent with the membership of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Further gender disparities were found in the number of doctoral‐prepared RTP and physicists in senior faculty roles. Conclusions This manuscript provides objective benchmark data regarding research productivity of academic RTP. These data may be of interest to faculty preparing for promotion, and also to institutional leadership.

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Publication Productivity Among Academic Orthopaedic Surgeons in Canada

Cited by 6 publications

References 28 publications

Using the H-index as a factor in the promotion of surgical faculty

Using the H-index as a factor in the promotion of surgical faculty

Subspecialty Selection Impacts Research Productivity and Faculty Rank of Academic Orthopaedic Surgeons

Research productivity of radiation therapy physics faculty in the United States

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