The use of the h-index in academic otolaryngology

Laryngoscope

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-106

  Svider, Peter F ^a   Choudhry, Zaid A ^a   Choudhry, Osamah J ^b   Baredes, Soly ^a   Liu, James K ^a,b   Eloy, Jean Anderson ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

academic physician scientific productivity; academic productivity; academic promotion; academic rank determination; academic rank in otolaryngology; faculty productivity; faculty promotion; h index; h index in otolaryngology; Level of Evidence: n a.; otolaryngology faculty productivity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATOR; DATA BASE; H INDEX; HUMAN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BIBLIOMETRICS; EFFICIENCY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OTOLARYNGOLOGY;

EID: 84871714244     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23569     Document Type: Article

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