Medical school and residency influence on choice of an academic career and academic productivity among neurosurgery faculty in the United States: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 380-386

  Campbell, Peter G ^a   Awe, Olatilewa O ^a   Maltenfort, Mitchell G ^a   Moshfeghi, Darius M ^b   Leng, Theodore R E ^b   Moshfeghi, Andrew A ^c   Ratliff, John K ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation analysis; H index; Medical school; Neurosurgery; Residency

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

CAREER CHOICE; EFFICIENCY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEUROSURGERY; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961112125     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.3.JNS101176     Document Type: Article

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