Gender disparities in research productivity among 9952 academic physicians

Laryngoscope

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1865-1875

  Eloy, Jean Anderson ^a,b   Svider, Peter F ^a   Cherla, Deepa V ^a   Diaz, Lucia ^a   Kovalerchik, Olga ^a   Mauro, Kevin M ^a   Baredes, Soly ^a   Chandrasekhar, Sujana S ^c  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RWJ Barnabas Health   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

academic appointment; academic productivity; academic promotion; gender disparities; H index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEONATOLOGY; NEPHROLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT; ACADEMIC PRODUCTIVITY; ACADEMIC PROMOTION; GENDER DISPARITIES; H-INDEX;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CAREER MOBILITY; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84880569894     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.24039     Document Type: Article

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