Miller Andrew G, Geistkemper Anne, Al-Subu Awni
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Rush University, Chicago, Illinois.
Respir Care. 2024 Jun 28;69(7):799-805. doi: 10.4187/respcare.11639.
Research is critical for the advancement of respiratory care. Fellows of the American Association for Respiratory Care (FAARCs) are nominated based on their significant contributions to the respiratory care profession. Research output is potentially an important component of qualification for FAARC. The purpose of this study is to report the academic output of respiratory therapist (RT) FAARCs.
We identified FAARCs from the AARC web site. Research output was assessed by searching the Scopus and PubMed databases. We collected total research documents, citations, h-index, co-authors, and document type. We compared those with only the FAARC designation with RTs who are fellows in both the Society of Critical Care Medicine (FCCMs) and FAARC.
We identified a total of 371 RT FAARCs, 4 RT FCCMs, and 10 with both designations. FAARCs were 70% male, 22% had a doctorate, 37% had a master's, 13% had a bachelor's, and 29% did not have a degree reported. There were no differences in sex or highest degree between FAARCs and FCCMs. FAARCs had a total of 3,724 publications and 110,207 citations while those with both designations had 1,304 publications and 43,181 citations. In Scopus, 46% of FAARCs had no publications, and 27% had ≥ 10 publications; of those with both credentials, 10% had no publications, and 70% had ≥ 10 publications. FAARCs inducted in 1998 and 1999 had significantly ( < .001) more publications than other eras. Compared to those with both credentials, FAARCs had fewer median publications (1 vs 50), lower h-index (1 vs 18), and fewer citations (1 vs 1,486), < .001 for all. Total publications in PubMed were lower, and differences in publications were similar.
RT FAARCs had a large number of publications and citations, although nearly half did not have any publications. Those with both FAARC and FCCM had significantly more academic output per fellow, although there are only 10 individuals with both credentials.
研究对于呼吸治疗的发展至关重要。美国呼吸治疗协会会员(FAARC)是基于他们对呼吸治疗专业的重大贡献而被提名的。研究产出可能是FAARC资格的一个重要组成部分。本研究的目的是报告呼吸治疗师(RT)FAARC的学术产出。
我们从美国呼吸治疗协会网站上识别出FAARC。通过搜索Scopus和PubMed数据库来评估研究产出。我们收集了总的研究文献、引用次数、h指数、共同作者和文献类型。我们将仅拥有FAARC头衔的人与同时是危重病医学学会会员(FCCM)和FAARC的呼吸治疗师进行了比较。
我们总共识别出371名RT FAARC、4名RT FCCM以及10名拥有双重头衔的人。FAARC中70%为男性,22%拥有博士学位,37%拥有硕士学位,13%拥有学士学位,29%未报告学位情况。FAARC和FCCM在性别或最高学位方面没有差异。FAARC总共发表了3724篇论文,获得了110207次引用,而拥有双重头衔的人发表了1304篇论文,获得了43181次引用。在Scopus中,46%的FAARC没有发表论文,27%发表了≥10篇论文;在拥有双重资质的人中,10%没有发表论文,70%发表了≥10篇论文。1998年和1999年入选的FAARC发表的论文显著多于其他时期(P<0.001)。与拥有双重资质的人相比,FAARC的论文中位数较少(1篇对50篇),h指数较低(1对18),引用次数较少(1次对1486次),所有这些差异均P<0.001。PubMed中的总论文数较低,论文差异情况类似。
RT FAARC发表了大量论文并获得了大量引用,尽管近一半人没有发表任何论文。同时拥有FAARC和FCCM头衔的人每位会员的学术产出显著更多,尽管只有10人拥有双重资质。