From: Research productivity across different ophthalmic subspecialties in the United States
Parameter | Num. of papers | Num. of authors for each paper | h-index | Average annual increase in h-index |
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Cataract/IOL | 11.06 ± 27.65 | 3.33 ± 1.02 | 3.89 ± 5.84 | 0.11 ± 0.11 |
Cornea/External Disease | 35.71 ± 63.90 | 3.56 ± 0.75 | 9.84 ± 13.70 | 0.24 ± 0.22 |
Glaucoma | 45.15 ± 110.97 | 3.56 ± 0.68 | 11.86 ± 15.73 | 0.25 ± 0.22 |
Medical Retina | 55.94 ± 85.93 | 3.52 ± 0.79 | 15.94 ± 18.74 | 0.31 ± 0.25 |
Neuro-Ophthalmology | 56.55 ± 98.71 | 3.18 ± 0.75 | 12.54 ± 13.10 | 0.23 ± 0.17 |
Pediatric Ophthalmology | 19.93 ± 51.98 | 3.41 ± 0.86 | 5.65 ± 9.70 | 0.15 ± 0.14 |
Plastics/Reconstructive | 28.21 ± 46.34 | 3.08 ± 0.79 | 7.73 ± 8.32 | 0.21 ± 0.15 |
Refractive Surgery | 14.17 ± 38.70 | 3.13 ± 1.07 | 4.82 ± 7.62 | 0.13 ± 0.13 |
Retina/Vitreous Surgery | 30.53 ± 54.14 | 3.50 ± 0.75 | 9.72 ± 12.57 | 0.25 ± 0.21 |
Uveitis | 74.78 ± 131.37 | 3.62 ± 0.71 | 16.69 ± 20.00 | 0.35 ± 0.28 |
Entire cohort | 37.20 ± 80.08 | 3.39 ± 0.84 | 9.87 ± 13.90 | 0.22 ± 0.21 |