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Table 2 Comparison of the mean h-index between genders in each individual ophthalmology subspecialty

From: Research productivity across different ophthalmic subspecialties in the United States

Subspecialty

Males

Females

P

Entire cohort

10.93 ± 14.78

7.15 ± 10.94

< 0.001

Cataract/IOL

4.26 ± 6.28

1.94 ± 1.18

0.145

Cornea/External Disease

12.18 ± 16.21

6.18 ± 7.14

0.032

Glaucoma

14.93 ± 18.69

7.05 ± 7.33

0.014

Medical Retina

18.22 ± 19.15

11.30 ± 17.23

0.082

Neuro-Ophthalmology

14.39 ± 13.59

7.27 ± 9.99

0.016

Pediatric Ophthalmology

7.64 ± 12.49

3.40 ± 4.09

0.029

Plastics/Reconstructive

8.35 ± 8.74

5.38 ± 6.14

0.147

Refractive Surgery

4.96 ± 7.83

2.67 ± 1.97

0.478

Retina/Vitreous Surgery

10.04 ± 13.12

8.06 ± 9.28

0.568

Uveitis

19.16 ± 21.04

12.66 ± 17.71

0.115

  1. Values are mean ± SD