title: Rhinology fellowship training and its scholarly impact.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Previous examination of the impact of fellowship training on scholarly productivity among otolaryngologists found that head and neck surgeons and otologists had a higher mean h-index than fellowship-trained rhinologists. Because fellowship training in rhinology is a historically newer trend, the objectives of the present analysis were to further characterize research productivity among fellowship-trained academic rhinologists, including geographic and temporal trends, to gain insight into the future direction of scholarly pursuits within the field.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fellowship-trained rhinologists in academic practices were identified from the American Rhinologic Society online listings and organized by academic rank, number of years in practice, location, and h-index, as calculated using the Scopus database.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean h-index rose with increasing years in practice after fellowship. The h-index, number of publications, and the E-factor (a newly described bibliometric) increased with successive academic rank. The E-factor for rhinologists in this current analysis was not statistically different from the values calculated for other otolaryngology subspecialties (p > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fellowship-training in rhinology is a relatively recent development, with half of the academic rhinologists included in this analysis having completed fellowship training within the past 5 years. Scholarly productivity among academic rhinologists increases with academic seniority. As the current cohort of fellowship-trained rhinologists progress in their academic careers, previously described deficits in scholarly productivity relative to other subspecialties are expected to diminish.
authors.forename: Peter F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Svider
authors.forename: Danielle M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Setzen
authors.forename: Adam J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Folbe
authors.forename: Soly
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baredes
authors.forename: Jean Anderson
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Eloy
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004526:Efficiency; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000193:education*; D011643:Publishing; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce