Assessing National Institutes of Health funding and scholarly impact in neurological surgery: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 191-196

  Svider, Peter F ^a,b,c   Husain, Qasim ^a   Folbe, Adam J ^c   Couldwell, William T ^d   Liu, James K ^a,b   Eloy, Jean Anderson ^a,b  

^a RWJ Barnabas Health   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic promotion; H index; National institutes of health funding; Research productivity; Scholarly impact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNDING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEUROSURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NEUROSURGERY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892376604     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.8.jns13938     Document Type: Article

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