Do Quantitative Measures of Research Productivity Correlate with Academic Rank in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery?

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 907-913

  Susarla, Srinivas M ^a   Dodson, Thomas B ^b   Lopez, Joseph ^a   Swanson, Edward W ^a   Calotta, Nicholas ^c   Peacock, Zachary S ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Washington School of Dentistry   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

academic dental careers; academic promotion; dental education; dental faculty; oral and maxillofacial surgery; research activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL SURGEON; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; UNITED STATES; CAREER MOBILITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORAL SURGERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLISHING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CAREER MOBILITY; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FACULTY, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLISHING; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; SURGERY, ORAL; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945262609     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2015.79.8.tb05980.x     Document Type: Article

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