Table 2 Overall publication volume and H-index of 405 medical graduates who published at least once

Gender

Female

10.70 ± 13.36

6 (11)

< 0.001

(n = 152)

(8.56–12.85)

Male

26.11 ± 39.34

12 (29)

(n = 253)

(21.24–30.98)

Specialty

No specialty

10.50 ± 25.06

4.0 (5)

0.003

(n = 20)

(−1.23–22.23)

Any specialty

20.84 ± 33.29

10.0 (19)

(n = 385)

(17.50–24.17)

No. of Specialties

0

10.50 ± 25.06

4.0 (5)

0.001

(n = 20)

(−1.23–22.23)

1

20.05 ± 31.07

9.0 (20)

(n = 241)

(15.64–24.45)

2

21.55 ± 9.79

10.5 (17)

(n = 138)

(16.32–26.78)

3

36.17 ± 25.81

35.0 (44)

(n = 6)

(11.0–61.33)

Type of specialty^a

Surgical

23.08 ± 36.23

12 (20)

< 0.001

specialty

(17.30–28.87)

(n = 153)

Medical

18.65 ± 30.80

6.5 (18)

specialty

(14.83–22.47)

(n = 252)

Managerial position

Yes

31.54 ± 43.95

19 (32)

< 0.001

(n = 113)

(23.35–39.73)

No

15.99 ± 26.44

7 (12)

(n = 292)

(12.94–19.03)

Author’s placement (first/last) in first publication

Yes

24.90 ± 39.20

12 (25)

0.01

(n = 192)

(19.32–30.48)

No

16.21 ± 25.54

8 (15)

(n = 213)

(12.76–19.66)

Time of first publication

Early publication

7.74 ± 7.678

6 (7)

< 0.001

(n = 185)

(6.63–8.85)

Late publication

5.37 ± 5.223

4 (5)

(n = 220)

(4.68–6.07)

Gender

Male

7.67 ± 7.531

6 (8)

< 0.001

(n = 253)

(6.74–8.60)

Female

4.43 ± 3.723

3 (4)

(n = 152)

(3.83–5.02)

Graduation year

1993–2003

9.28 ± 9.584

7 (10)

0.037

(n = 405)

(5.63–12.92)

1994

7.28 ± 7.09

5.50 (8)

(n = 32)

(4.72–9.84)

1995

9.47 ± 10.589

5 (11)

(n = 32)

(5.65–13.29)

1996

7.97 ± 6.703

6.50 (10)

(n = 32)

(5.55–10.39)

1997

5.95 ± 4.478

5 (8)

(n = 37)

(4.45–7.44)

1998

6.92 ± 7.54

5 (6)

(n = 37)

(4.40–9.43)

1999

6.09 ± 6.089

4 (4)

(n = 35)

(3.99–8.18)

2000

7.06 ± 6.455

5 (5)

(n = 31)

(4.70–9.43)

2001

4.93 ± 3.489

4 (5)

(n = 40)

(3.81–6.04)

2002

4.62 ± 4.035

3 (5)

(n = 53)

(3.51–5.73)

2003

4.34 ± 3.766

3 (4)

(n = 47)

(3.23–5.45)

Specialty

Yes

6.52 ± 6.353

5 (7)

0.017

(n = 385)

(5.88–7.15)

No

5.25 ± 9.888

2 (4)

(n = 20)

(0.62–9.88)

No. of Specialties

0

5.25 ± 9.888

2 (4)

0.004

(n = 20)

(0.62–10.82)

1

6.21 ± 6.324

4 (6)

(n = 241)

(5.41–7.01)

2

6.83 ± 6.365

5 (7)

(n = 138)

(5.57–7.90)

3

11.67 ± 5.538

12.50 (10)

(n = 6)

(5.86–17.48)

Type of specialty

Surgical specialty

6.86 ± 6.188

5 (5)

0.007

(n = 153)

(5.87–7.85)

Medical specialty

6.29 ± 6.462

4 (7)

(n = 232)

(5.45–7.12)

Managerial position

Yes

8.57 ± 7.579

6 (9)

< 0.001

(n = 113)

(7.15–9.98)

No

5.64 ± 5.935

4 (5)

(n = 292)

(4.95–6.32)

Author’s placement in first publication

First author

7.15 ± 6.946

5 (8)

NS

(n = 179)

(6,12–8.17)

Last author

6.69 ± 7.729

5 (8)

(n = 13)

(2.02–11.36)

Middle author

5.86 ± 6.111

4 (6)

(n = 213)

(5.03–6.68)