The use of the h-index in academic orthopaedic surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2017, Pages e14-

  Bastian, Sevag ^a   Ippolito, Joseph A ^a   Lopez, Santiago A ^a   Eloy, Jean Anderson ^a   Beebe, Kathleen S ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ASSISTANT PROFESSOR; ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHAIRPERSON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; E INDEX SCORE; FEMALE; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; HIRSCH INDEX SCORE; HUMAN; M INDEX SCORE; MALE; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSOR; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SCOPUS; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BIBLIOMETRICS; ORTHOPEDICS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLISHING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BIBLIOMETRICS; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDICS; PUBLISHING;

EID: 85016924553     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.15.01354     Document Type: Review

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