The impact of fellowship training on scholarly productivity in academic dermatology.
An increasing number of dermatology residents are pursuing postresidency fellowships to augment their knowledge in dermatology subspecialties. The purpose of this study was to determine whether fellowship training affects the scholarly impact of academic dermatologists, as measured by the h-index. A secondary objective was to compare scholarly productivity among different dermatology subspecialties. Overall, fellowship training is associated with increased scholarly impact; however, when stratifying for academic rank and years of publication activity, this difference does not exist.
Department of Dermatology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA.
Ann M
AM
John
Department of Dermatology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA.
Arjun B
AB
Gupta
Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Elizabeth S
ES
John
Department of Dermatology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA.
Santiago A
SA
Lopez
Department of Dermatology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA.
Brian
B
Lee
Department of Dermatology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, USA.
William Clark
WC
Lambert
D002983:Clinical Competence; D003880:Dermatology / Q000193:education*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D012106:Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States