Ruan Qing Zhao, Cohen Justin B, Baek Yoonji, Chen Austin D, Doval Andres F, Singhal Dhruv, Fukudome Eugene Y, Lin Samuel J, Lee Bernard T
Ann Plast Surg. 2018 Apr;80(4 Suppl 4):S214-S218. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000001309.
Scholastic productivity has previously been shown to be positively associated with National Institute of Health (NIH) grants and industry funding. This study examines whether society, industry, or federal funding contributes toward academic productivity as measured by scholastic output of academic plastic surgeons.
Institution Web sites were used to acquire academic attributes of full-time academic plastic surgeons. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payment database, NIH reporter, the Plastic Surgery Foundation (PSF), and American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS) Web sites were accessed for funding and endowment details. Bibliometric data of each surgeon were then collected via Scopus to ascertain strengths of association with each source. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to identify significant contributors to high scholastic output.
We identified 935 academic plastic surgeons with 94 (10.1%), 24 (2.6%), 724 (77.4%), and 62 (6.6%) receiving funding from PSF, AAPS, industry, and NIH, respectively. There were positive correlations in receiving NIH, PSF, and/or AAPS funding (P < 0.001), whereas industry funding was found to negatively associate with PSF (r = -0.75, P = 0.022) grants. The NIH R award was consistently found to be the most predictive of academic output across bibliometrics, followed by the AAPS academic scholarship award. Conventional measures of academic seniority remained predictive across all measures used.
Our study demonstrates for the first time interactions between industry, federal, and association funding. The NIH R award was the strongest determinant of high scholastic productivity. Recognition through AAPS academic scholarships seemed to associate with subsequent success in NIH funding.
此前研究表明学术产出与美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）拨款及行业资助呈正相关。本研究旨在探讨社会、行业或联邦资金是否有助于学术整形外科医生的学术产出所衡量的学术生产力。
通过机构网站获取全职学术整形外科医生的学术属性。访问医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心公开支付数据库、NIH报告员、整形外科学会基金会（PSF）和美国整形外科医生协会（AAPS）网站以获取资金和捐赠详情。然后通过Scopus收集每位外科医生的文献计量数据，以确定与每种资金来源的关联强度。采用多元线性回归分析确定高学术产出的重要影响因素。
我们确定了935名学术整形外科医生，分别有94名（10.1%）、24名（2.6%）、724名（77.4%）和62名（6.6%）分别获得PSF、AAPS、行业和NIH的资助。获得NIH、PSF和/或AAPS资助之间存在正相关（P < 0.001），而发现行业资助与PSF资助呈负相关（r = -0.75，P = 0.022）。在所有文献计量指标中，始终发现NIH R奖对学术产出的预测性最强，其次是AAPS学术奖学金奖。传统的学术资历衡量标准在所有使用的指标中仍然具有预测性。
我们的研究首次证明了行业、联邦和协会资金之间的相互作用。NIH R奖是高学术生产力的最强决定因素。通过AAPS学术奖学金获得认可似乎与随后获得NIH资助的成功相关。
