Application of the h-index in academic plastic surgery

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 545-549

  Therattil, Paul J ^a   Hoppe, Ian C ^a   Granick, Mark S ^a   Lee, Edward S ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

academic productivity; academic promotion; academic rank determination; academic rank in surgical specialties; h index; plastic surgery faculty productivity; surgical faculty productivity

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAREER MOBILITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EFFICIENCY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PUBLISHING; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84912090722     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000000382     Document Type: Article

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