Shah Mardan Qutaiba N M, Mrad Mohamed Amir, Alhumsi Taghreed R, Almarghoub Mohammed A, Alsavaf Mohammad B, Alsaghier Ruah M, Kattan Abdullah E
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Section, Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2021 Feb 18;9(2):e3439. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003439. eCollection 2021 Feb.
(or ) is a bibliometric measure calculated for researchers based on number of publications and their citations. This study examined the of board-certified plastic surgeons in Saudi Arabia and the different factors that may influence it.
In this cross-sectional study, an electronic questionnaire was sent to 156 board-certified plastic surgeons practicing in Saudi Arabia. Using their names, we conducted an online search on Scopus, Semantic scholar, and Google scholar to calculate their . Bivariate and multiple regression analyses were conducted to determine the relationship of those factors with the index.
A total of 84 surgeons participated in this study, of whom 83.3% were men. Our sample scored a mean index of 1.7 and published a mean of 5 articles. More publications and a higher academic rank predicted a higher , ( = 0.79, < 0.001) and ( = 0.14, 0.017), respectively. On the other end of the spectrum, the country of residency training ( 0.33), the year of training completion ( 0.95), attaining fellowship training ( 0.95), the number of fellowships ( 0.20), interest in research ( 0.74), working in an academic hospital ( 0.44), or attaining a higher degree ( 0.61) were not significant independent predictors of the index.
More publications and a higher rank predicted increased academic productivity among the plastic surgeons in Saudi Arabia. Despite its limitations, is a useful measure that can be considered in promotions and applications to prestigious plastic surgery centers in adjunct to other factors.
（或 ）是一种基于出版物数量及其引用次数为研究人员计算的文献计量指标。本研究调查了沙特阿拉伯获得委员会认证的整形外科医生的该指标以及可能影响它的不同因素。
在这项横断面研究中，向在沙特阿拉伯执业的156名获得委员会认证的整形外科医生发送了一份电子问卷。利用他们的名字，我们在Scopus、语义学者和谷歌学术上进行了在线搜索，以计算他们的该指标。进行了双变量和多元回归分析，以确定这些因素与该指标之间的关系。
共有84名外科医生参与了本研究，其中83.3%为男性。我们的样本该指标平均得分为1.7，平均发表了5篇文章。更多的出版物和更高的学术排名分别预测了更高的该指标（ = 0.79， < 0.001）和（ = 0.14， 0.017）。在另一个极端，住院医师培训国家（ 0.33）、培训完成年份（ 0.95）、获得专科培训（ 0.95）、专科培训数量（ 0.20）、对研究的兴趣（ 0.74）、在学术医院工作（ 0.44）或获得更高学位（ 0.61）不是该指标的显著独立预测因素。
更多的出版物和更高的排名预测沙特阿拉伯整形外科医生的学术生产力会提高。尽管有其局限性，但该指标是一种有用的衡量标准，在晋升和申请著名整形外科中心时，除其他因素外也可予以考虑。
