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H-index is a sensitive indicator of academic activity in highly productive anaesthesiologists: results of a bibliometric analysis. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2011 Oct;55(9):1085-9

Date

11/19/2011

Pubmed ID

22092205

DOI

10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02508.x

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-80053195522 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   84 Citations

Abstract

BACKGROUND: H-index distinguishes differences in scholarly output across faculty ranks in anaesthesiologists, but whether h-index also identifies differences in other aspects of productivity is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that h-index is an indicator of not only publication record, but also grant funding and mentoring in highly productive US academic anaesthesiologists.

METHODS: We conducted an internet analysis of the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Academy of Research Mentors in Anesthesiology (n = 43). Publications, citations, citations per publication, and h-index for each investigator were obtained using the Scopus(®) . Total grants, active grants, years of funding, and duration of longest funded grant were recorded using the US National Institutes of Health Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools(®) . Members were surveyed to identify the number of their career trainees and those who obtained independent funding.

RESULTS: The median [IRQ (Interquartile range)] h-index of members was 23 [17-32 (8-50)]. Members published 136 [100-225 (39-461)] papers with 3573 [1832-5090 (150-11,601)] citations and 21 [15-32 (4-59)] citations per publication. Members received four [3-7 (0-10)] grants and were funded for 29 [17-45 (0-115)] grant-years. Survey respondents (79%) mentored 40 [26-69 (15-191)] trainees, three [2-6 (0-20)] of which subsequently received funding. Members with h-indices greater than the median had more publications, citations, citations per publication, grants, and years of funding compared with their counterparts. H-index was associated with total citations, active grants, and the number of trainees.

CONCLUSIONS: In addition to publication record, h-index sensitively indicates grant funding and mentoring in highly productive US academic anaesthesiologists.

Author List

Pagel PS, Hudetz JA

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Anesthesiology
Bibliometrics
Biomedical Research
Female
Humans
Male