Vought Victoria, Vought Rita, Herzog Ava, Mothy David, Shukla Janvi, Crane Alexander B, Khouri Albert S
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.
Department of Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
Semin Ophthalmol. 2025 Jan;40(1):39-43. doi: 10.1080/08820538.2024.2391838. Epub 2024 Aug 16.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between research activity and National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding status of the United States (US) academic ophthalmologists.
A retrospective cross-sectional analysis of bibliometric data was conducted. The NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Reports (rePORTER) website was utilized to identify ophthalmology departments in the US that received NIH funding. Affiliated faculty from these institutions were then identified using NIH rePORTER and institutional websites. was calculated using the Scopus database, and the NIH iCite tool was used to determine the Relative Citation Ratio (RCR). The and w-RCR quantified research productivity, while m-RCR measured research impact.
Data on 2688 faculty members from 66 departments we re identified, of which 21% were NIH-funded. Faculty members who received NIH-funding had significantly greater research productivity and impact as measured by x (32.5 vs 16.6; < .001), m-RCR (2.2 vs 1.6; < .001), and w-RCR (147.2 vs 70.1; < .001) than their non-funded peers. When stratified by academic rank, NIH-funded faculty still had significantly higher (16.1 vs 7.9; < .001), m-RCR (2.2 vs 1.4; < .001), and w-RCR (63.2 vs 61.8; < .001) than non-funded peers. A similar trend was observed among non-tenured faculty members.
NIH funding is associated with higher research productivity and impact among US academic ophthalmologists as measured by and RCR, which suggests that NIH funding may be a critical factor in enhancing scholarly contributions of ophthalmologists. These findings underscore the importance of continued investment in NIH funding to foster high-impact research within the field of ophthalmology.
本研究的目的是评估美国学术眼科医生的研究活动与美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）资助状况之间的关系。
进行了一项文献计量数据的回顾性横断面分析。利用NIH研究项目在线报告工具支出与报告（rePORTER）网站来识别美国接受NIH资助的眼科部门。然后使用NIH rePORTER和机构网站来识别这些机构的附属教员。使用Scopus数据库计算[具体指标未给出]，并使用NIH iCite工具来确定相对引用率（RCR）。[具体指标未给出]和加权RCR量化研究生产力，而平均RCR衡量研究影响力。
确定了来自66个部门的2688名教员的数据，其中21%获得了NIH资助。获得NIH资助的教员在研究生产力和影响力方面显著高于未获得资助的同行，分别用[具体指标未给出]（32.5对16.6；P<0.001）、平均RCR（2.2对1.6；P<0.001）和加权RCR（147.2对70.1；P<0.001）衡量。按学术职称分层时，获得NIH资助的教员在[具体指标未给出]（16.1对7.9；P<0.001）、平均RCR（2.2对1.4；P<0.001）和加权RCR（63.2对61.8；P<0.001）方面仍显著高于未获得资助的同行。在非终身制教员中也观察到类似趋势。
以[具体指标未给出]和RCR衡量，NIH资助与美国学术眼科医生更高的研究生产力和影响力相关，这表明NIH资助可能是提高眼科医生学术贡献的关键因素。这些发现强调了持续投资NIH资助以促进眼科领域高影响力研究的重要性。
