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Table 1 Research productivity comparison of ophthalmic subspecialties

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

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

  1. Values are mean ± SD