Uveitis had the highest mean h-index among ophthalmic subspecialties.
Research productivity across different ophthalmic subspecialties in the United States.
Assaf Gershoni … Michael Mimouni
BMC health services research · Nov 2019
Background
The purpose of this study was to compare the h-index, and subsequently the research productivity, among different ophthalmic subspecialties in the United States.
Methods
A cohort of over 15,000 academic ophthalmologists residing in the United States (United States) was identified out of the physician list of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
n = 1000 ophthalmologists
Results
uveitis specialists had the highest research publication-and-citation record
uveitis mean h-index
16.69
cataract mean h-index
3.89
More results
The mean h-index amongst all subspecialties was 9.87 ± 13.90, and the mean average annual increase in h-index was 0.22 ± 0.21.
The mean number of papers published was 37.20 ± 80.08 and the mean number of authors on each paper was 3.39 ± 0.84.
More results
The least fertile subspecialty with regards to research was cataract with 11.06 ± 27.65 mean number of papers, a mean h-index of 3.89 ± 5.84, and a mean annual increase in h-index of 0.11 ± 0.11.
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Conclusion
This study describes the research productivity in each ophthalmic subspecialty in the United States, thus providing information on the research performance of each field and on the expected academic accomplishments within it.
