An analysis of publication productivity for 1225 academic neurosurgeons and 99 departments in the United States: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 746-755

  Khan, Nickalus R ^a   Thompson, Clinton J ^d   Taylor, Douglas R ^b   Venable, Garrett T ^b   Matthew Wham, R ^b   Madison Michael II, L ^a,c   Klimo Jr , Paul ^a,c  

^a Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

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

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

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic neurosurgery; Bibliometrics; Citation impact; Contemporary h index; G index; Google scholar; H index; M quotient; Scopus; Web of science

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; DATA BASE; EPILEPSY; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLICATION; RADIOSURGERY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKULL BASE; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIANS; PUBLICATIONS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84895477254     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.11.JNS131708     Document Type: Article

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