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08.10.2018 | ASO Author Reflections
ASO Author Reflections: Towards Better Metrics for Judging Academic Productivity in Surgical Oncology
verfasst von:
Vi Nguyen, BS, Jason K. Sicklick, MD
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Sonderheft 3/2018
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Excerpt
Research productivity is often used as a criterion in determining faculty recruitment, promotion, compensation, tenure, and grant support.
1 To standardize assessment of scholars’ research output, Dr. Jorge Hirsch developed the h-index, defined as the number of
h papers published, each of which has been cited at least
h times.
2 The h-index has been analyzed in the setting of various medical specialties, although not specifically within academic surgical oncology. Thus, the aim of our study was (1) to evaluate the h-index as a bibliometric predictor of academic rank; and (2) to characterize associations between the h-index and various personal and institutional factors, including gender, number of additional degrees, number of National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI CCC) affiliation, and Doximity ranking.
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