Gender disparities in scholarly productivity within academic otolaryngology departments

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-222

  Eloy, Jean Anderson ^a,b   Svider, Peter ^a   Chandrasekhar, Sujana S ^c,d,e   Husain, Qasim ^a   Mauro, Kevin M ^a   Setzen, Michael ^f,g   Baredes, Soly ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RWJ Barnabas Health   (United States)

^c New York Otology   (United States)

^d New York Head & Neck Institute   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic physician scientific productivity; Academic productivity; Academic promotion; Academic rank determination; Academic rank in surgical specialties; Faculty productivity; Gender; Gender disparity; H index; Surgical faculty productivity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRODUCTIVITY; SURGEON; TEACHER; UROLOGY;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAREER MOBILITY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PUBLISHING; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84875463469     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812466055     Document Type: Article

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