Does the H Index Correlate With Academic Rank Among Full-Time Academic Craniofacial Surgeons?

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 222-227

  Susarla, Srinivas M ^a   Rada, Erin M ^a   Lopez, Joseph ^a   Swanson, Edward W ^a   Miller, Devin ^a   Redett, Richard J ^a   Kumar, Anand R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

academic medicine; academic promotion; bibliometrics; craniofacial surgery; H index; Interpersonal and Communication Skills; Practice Based Learning and Improvement; Systems Based Practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SURGICAL TRAINING; ACADEMIC SUCCESS; CLASSIFICATION; MARYLAND; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACADEMIC SUCCESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; PUBLICATIONS; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 85000893390     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2016.08.015     Document Type: Article

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