Division of Urologic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Department of Urology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
J Pediatr Urol. 2013 Dec;9(6 Pt B):1108-1113. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2013.03.012. Epub 2013 Apr 25.
Clinical care parameters are frequently assessed by national ranking systems. However, these rankings do little to comment on institutions' academic contributions. The Publication Ranking Score (PRS) was developed to allow for objective comparisons of scientific thought-leadership at various pediatric urology institutions.
Faculty lists were compiled for each of the US News & World Report (USNWR) top-50 pediatric urology hospitals. A list of all faculty publications (2006-2011) was then compiled, after adjusting for journal impact factor, and summed to derive a Publication Ranking Score (PRS). PRS rankings were then compared to the USNWR pediatric urology top-50 hospital list.
A total of 1811 publications were indexed. PRS rankings resulted in a mean change in rank of 12 positions, compared to USNWR ranks. Of the top-10 USNWR hospitals, only 4 were ranked in the top-10 by the PRS. There was little correlation between the USNWR and PRS ranks for either top-10 (r = 0.42, p = 0.23) or top-50 (r = 0.48, p = 0.0004) hospitals.
PRS institutional ranking differs significantly from the USNWR top-50 hospital list in pediatric urology. While not a replacement, we believe the PRS to be a useful adjunct to the USNWR rankings of pediatric urology hospitals.
临床护理参数经常由国家排名系统评估。然而，这些排名很少对机构的学术贡献进行评价。发布排名评分（PRS）的开发是为了允许对各个小儿泌尿科机构的科学思想领导力进行客观比较。
为《美国新闻与世界报道》（USNWR）排名前 50 的儿科泌尿科医院的每位教员编制了一份名单。然后，在调整了期刊影响因子之后，编制了一份所有教员出版物（2006-2011 年）的清单，并进行汇总以得出发布排名评分（PRS）。然后将 PRS 排名与 USNWR 儿科泌尿科前 50 家医院的名单进行比较。
共索引了 1811 篇出版物。PRS 排名导致与 USNWR 排名相比，排名平均变化了 12 位。在 USNWR 排名前 10 的医院中，只有 4 家医院在 PRS 排名中排名前 10。对于排名前 10 的医院（r=0.42，p=0.23）或排名前 50 的医院（r=0.48，p=0.0004），USNWR 和 PRS 排名之间的相关性都很小。
PRS 机构排名与小儿泌尿科的 USNWR 前 50 家医院名单有很大的不同。虽然不能替代，但我们认为 PRS 是对小儿泌尿科医院 USNWR 排名的有用补充。
