A Comparison of Research Productivity Across Plastic Surgery Fellowship Directors

Conclusions
As measured by the h-index, there is a high level of academic productivity among fellowship directors, regardless of subspecialty area. Unlike other plastic surgery subspecialties however, the h-index of aesthetic plastic surgeons is not correlated to academic rank, revealing a discrepancy between perceptions of aesthetic plastic surgery and its actual academic impact.

Source: Aesthetic Surgery Journal - May 12, 2016 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Chopra, K., Swanson, E. W., Susarla, S., Chang, S., Stevens, W. G., Singh, D. P. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research