The Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Can J Anaesth. 2010 Jun;57(6):573-7. doi: 10.1007/s12630-010-9292-6. Epub 2010 Mar 13.
Various bibliometric citation indices have been used to evaluate research productivity and scientific impact, but recently, Hirsch's h-index has gained widespread recognition. Although described initially for physical sciences, h-indices are being used to assess research productivity and impact in other disciplines.
In this descriptive study, Scopus and Web of Science(R) citation databases were used to identify the bibliographic characteristics of pediatric anesthesiologists from all university affiliated departments of pediatric anesthesia in Canada up to May 2009. For each anesthesiologist, the h-index, mean citations per publication, total number of publications, total number of citations, and year of first publication were determined.
A study population of 151 pediatric anesthesiologists was identified. The range of h-index values for this cohort was 0-32 with a median (interquartile range) of 2 (1-5). The 90(th) percentile was 8.0. The median (interquartile range) number of citations per publication was 6 (1-15), with a range of 0-87. The median (interquartile range) number of publications was 4 (1-9) with a range of 0-165.
We describe the bibliographic characteristics of the research output of pediatric anesthesiologists in Canada. This study highlights the growing influence of scientometrics on the evaluation of scientific performance in medical specialties.
各种文献计量引文指标已被用于评估研究生产力和科学影响力，但最近，Hirsch 的 h 指数得到了广泛认可。尽管最初是为物理科学而描述的，但 h 指数也被用于评估其他学科的研究生产力和影响力。
在这项描述性研究中，我们使用 Scopus 和 Web of Science（R）引文数据库，截至 2009 年 5 月，确定了加拿大所有大学附属儿科麻醉部门的儿科麻醉师的文献特征。对于每位麻醉师，我们确定了 h 指数、每篇论文的平均引文数、总出版物数、总引文数和首次发表年份。
确定了 151 名儿科麻醉师的研究人群。该队列的 h 指数值范围为 0-32，中位数（四分位距）为 2（1-5）。第 90 个百分位数为 8.0。中位数（四分位距）每篇论文的引文数为 6（1-15），范围为 0-87。中位数（四分位距）的出版物数为 4（1-9），范围为 0-165。
我们描述了加拿大儿科麻醉师研究成果的文献特征。这项研究强调了科学计量学对评估医学专业科学绩效的影响越来越大。
