Croker Nicholas, Panwar Yash, Balogh Zsolt J
Department of Orthopaedics, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Department of Orthopaedics, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia.
J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2023 Sep-Dec;31(3):10225536221135471. doi: 10.1177/10225536221135471.
Research is vital for evidence-based surgery. Understanding scientometric differences among surgical specialties has scope to inform discussions within and across surgical specialities to develop and maintain a culture of research productivity. This study aims to quantify Australian orthopaedic surgical academic productivity compared to the other specialties within the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' (RACS).
A list of Australian surgeons registered with RACS was compiled using the "find a surgeon" function on the RACS Web site. This list was cross-referenced with the specialty databases on their respective websites. A name search of the SCOPUS database for each individual surgeon was performed. For each individual h-index, m-index, total active publishing years, total publications, and total citations were collected.
Orthopaedic surgeons had the equal lowest h-index median 2 (interquartile range:3), the shortest duration involved in research median 5 years (14), produced the fewest articles median 2 (7) and attained the second lowest number of citations median 28 (116) of the Australian surgical specialties. When the 10 individuals with highest h-index are compared among specialties, orthopaedic surgeons rank second with a median of 37 (6.5).
Our objective data provides a factual comparison and baseline assessment of one aspect of research productivity. It can challenge currently held perceptions of performance and can inform conversations about strategic development. We recommend this assessment to other international Colleges and Societies on regular basis. These accurate academic productivity metrics provide opportunity for developing and maintaining a culture of sustained, significant contribution to surgical research.
研究对于循证外科至关重要。了解外科各专业之间的科学计量差异有助于在外科专业内部和跨专业进行讨论，以培养和维持研究生产力文化。本研究旨在量化澳大利亚骨科外科的学术生产力，并与皇家澳大利亚外科学院（RACS）的其他专业进行比较。
利用RACS网站上的“查找外科医生”功能编制了一份在RACS注册的澳大利亚外科医生名单。该名单与他们各自网站上的专业数据库进行了交叉核对。对SCOPUS数据库中的每位外科医生进行了姓名搜索。收集了每位医生的h指数、m指数、总活跃发表年限、总发表量和总被引次数。
骨科外科医生的h指数中位数最低，为2（四分位间距：3）；参与研究的时间最短，中位数为5年（14）；发表的文章最少，中位数为2（7）；被引次数在澳大利亚外科专业中排名第二低，中位数为28（116）。在各专业中比较h指数最高的10位医生时，骨科外科医生排名第二，中位数为37（6.5）。
我们的客观数据提供了研究生产力一个方面的事实比较和基线评估。它可以挑战目前对表现的看法，并为有关战略发展的对话提供信息。我们建议其他国际学院和学会定期进行这种评估。这些准确的学术生产力指标为培养和维持对外科研究做出持续重大贡献的文化提供了机会。
