University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2013 Sep;57(8):1058-64. doi: 10.1111/aas.12141. Epub 2013 Jun 17.
The h-index is an objective indicator of research productivity and influence on scholarly discourse within a discipline. It may be a valuable adjunct for measuring research productivity, a key component in decisions regarding appointment and promotion in academic medicine. The objectives of this analysis were to (1) examine whether there are gender disparities in research productivity among academic anaesthesiologists, and (2) compare results to measures of research productivity in other specialties.
A bibliometric analysis of faculty members from 25 academic anaesthesiology departments was performed using the Scopus database. Academic anaesthesiologists were organised by academic rank and gender. The h-index and publication range (in years) of faculty members were calculated.
Male anaesthesiologists had higher research productivity, as measured by the h-index, than female colleagues. Organised by rank, this difference was noted only among full professors. Men had higher overall and early-career research productivity, while women had mid-career research productivity rates equivalent to and surpassing that of their male colleagues. Gender disparities in research productivity were also noted among a sample of academic physicians in other specialties.
While men had higher overall research productivity, women had equivalent or higher mid-career research output, suggesting that early-career considerations unique to women should be taken into account during appointment and promotion in academic anaesthesiology. While disparities in gender representation among anaesthesiologists have also been noted in Europe, further study as to whether these differences also extend to research productivity and academic promotion outside of the US would be of interest.
h 指数是衡量学术研究生产力和在学科内学术话语影响力的客观指标。它可能是衡量研究生产力的一个有价值的辅助指标，也是学术医学中任命和晋升决策的关键组成部分。本分析的目的是：(1) 考察学术麻醉师群体中是否存在研究生产力方面的性别差异；(2) 将结果与其他专业的研究生产力衡量标准进行比较。
使用 Scopus 数据库对 25 个学术麻醉学系的教员进行了文献计量分析。根据学术职称和性别对学术麻醉师进行组织。计算了教员的 h 指数和出版物范围（年限）。
男性麻醉师的研究生产力（以 h 指数衡量）高于女性同行。按职级组织时，这种差异仅在正教授中存在。男性的整体和早期职业研究生产力较高，而女性的中期职业研究生产力与男性同行相当，甚至超过了男性同行。在其他专业的学术医生样本中也注意到了研究生产力方面的性别差异。
尽管男性的整体研究生产力较高，但女性的中期研究产出相当或更高，这表明在学术麻醉学的任命和晋升过程中，应该考虑到女性特有的早期职业因素。虽然在欧洲也注意到了麻醉师群体中性别代表性的差异，但进一步研究这些差异是否也延伸到美国以外的研究生产力和学术晋升领域将是有趣的。
