The h-index outperforms other bibliometrics in the assessment of research performance in general surgery: A province-wide study

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 493-501

  Sharma, Bharat ^a   Boet, Sylvain ^b,d   Grantcharov, Teodor ^a   Shin, Eunkyung ^a   Barrowman, Nicholas J ^c   Bould, M Dylan ^c,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; GENERAL SURGERY; H INDEX; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; SURGEON; UNIVERSITY;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FACULTY, MEDICAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84875214879     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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