Research Audit and Academic Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
ANZ J Surg. 2021 May;91(5):784-790. doi: 10.1111/ans.16692. Epub 2021 Mar 18.
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons awards scholarships to surgeons, surgical trainees and recipients focused on developing their clinical knowledge and improving outcomes for patients. A bibliometric analysis of research scholarship recipients publications and h-index scores was conducted to understand the benefits of receiving these scholarships.
A bibliometric analysis of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons scholarship recipients in 2015 was performed using Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID), Scopus, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, LinkedIn and PubMed to identify the number of publications, h-index scores, field-weighted citation impact and the relative citation ratio.
Nineteen research scholarship recipients authored 842 publications, with 491 (58%) published after completion of their scholarship. Seven recipients published 50% or more of their articles in the 5 years since completion. Five recipients have each published more than 45 articles since 2015. H-index scores varied between Scopus and Google Scholar (overall range: 4-34). Scopus identified the most publications, followed by ResearchGate. Determining publication numbers for recipients was problematic due to self-reporting in some databases (i.e. Google Scholar, ResearchGate), variations in author names (i.e. maiden to married name), duplication of publications and the inclusion of supplementary material (i.e. extra tables) in self-reporting databases. Field-weighted citation impact and relative citation ratio values exceeded 1 on 12 occasions demonstrating recipients are more cited than the global average.
Continuous tracking of publication rates and h-index scores of scholarship recipients demonstrates recipients' continuing interest in advancing and disseminating medical knowledge to improve patient outcomes. The 2015 scholarship recipients publication numbers continued to increase after their scholarship tenure.
澳大利亚皇家外科医学院向外科医生、外科受训者和关注者颁发奖学金，旨在培养他们的临床知识，改善患者的治疗效果。对研究奖学金获得者的出版物和 h 指数分数进行了文献计量学分析，以了解获得这些奖学金的益处。
使用 Open Researcher and Contributor ID（ORCID）、Scopus、Google Scholar、ResearchGate、LinkedIn 和 PubMed 对 2015 年澳大利亚皇家外科医学院奖学金获得者进行了文献计量学分析，以确定出版物数量、h 指数分数、领域加权引文影响和相对引文比。
19 名研究奖学金获得者共发表了 842 篇论文，其中 491 篇（58%）是在完成奖学金后发表的。有 7 名获奖者在完成奖学金后的 5 年内发表了 50%或更多的文章。有 5 名获奖者自 2015 年以来每人发表的文章超过 45 篇。Scopus 和 Google Scholar 之间的 h 指数分数存在差异（总范围：4-34）。Scopus 确定的出版物最多，其次是 ResearchGate。由于一些数据库（例如 Google Scholar、ResearchGate）存在自我报告、作者姓名变化（例如婚前到婚后姓名）、出版物重复和自我报告数据库中包含补充材料（例如额外的表格），因此确定获奖者的出版物数量存在问题。有 12 次出现了领域加权引文影响和相对引文比超过 1 的情况，这表明获奖者的引用率高于全球平均水平。
对奖学金获得者的出版率和 h 指数分数进行持续跟踪，表明获奖者继续有兴趣提高和传播医学知识，以改善患者的治疗效果。这些 2015 年的奖学金获得者在奖学金期间后的出版物数量继续增加。
