Standardizing the evaluation of scientific and academic performance in neurosurgery - Critical review of the "h" index and its variants

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Aoun, Salah G ^a   Bendok, Bernard R ^a   Rahme, Rudy J ^a   Dacey Jr , Ralph G ^b   Batjer, H Hunt ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

"h" index; Academic output; Impact factor; Neurosurgery; Peer review; Promotion; Research; Tenure

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CARDIOLOGIST; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; NEPHROLOGIST; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; PERFORMANCE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; STANDARDIZATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84888644759     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.01.052     Document Type: Article

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