Part I: The application of the h-index to groups of individuals and departments in academic neurosurgery

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Khan, Nickalus ^a   Thompson, Clinton J ^b   Choudhri, Asim F ^c,d   Boop, Frederick A ^c,d,e   Klimo, Paul ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e SEMMES MURPHEY NEUROLOGIC AND SPINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic neurosurgery; Bibliometrics; Citations; Department; h index; Impact; Individual; Subspecialty

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; H INDEX; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN; SEX; SPECIALIZATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR SURGEON;

EID: 84889670003     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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