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ArticleCanadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie

Association between academic degrees and research productivity: an assessment of Canadian academic general surgeons.

Kieran Purich, Kevin Verhoeff, Alexander Miles, Janice Y Kung, A M James Shapiro, David Bigam

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Article in Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kieran PurichFrom the Department of Surgery (Purich, Verhoeff, Shapiro, Bigam); the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (Miles); the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library (Kung); the Clinical Islet Transplant Program (Shapiro), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. kpurich@ualberta.ca.
Kevin VerhoeffFrom the Department of Surgery (Purich, Verhoeff, Shapiro, Bigam); the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (Miles); the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library (Kung); the Clinical Islet Transplant Program (Shapiro), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Alexander MilesFrom the Department of Surgery (Purich, Verhoeff, Shapiro, Bigam); the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (Miles); the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library (Kung); the Clinical Islet Transplant Program (Shapiro), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Janice Y KungFrom the Department of Surgery (Purich, Verhoeff, Shapiro, Bigam); the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (Miles); the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library (Kung); the Clinical Islet Transplant Program (Shapiro), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
A M James ShapiroFrom the Department of Surgery (Purich, Verhoeff, Shapiro, Bigam); the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (Miles); the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library (Kung); the Clinical Islet Transplant Program (Shapiro), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
David BigamFrom the Department of Surgery (Purich, Verhoeff, Shapiro, Bigam); the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (Miles); the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library (Kung); the Clinical Islet Transplant Program (Shapiro), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.
Miles College · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFor academic hiring committees and surgical trainees, the benefits of a graduate degree are unclear. We sought to identify if graduate degrees or professorship status were associated with increased research productivity among Canadian academic surgeons.

methodsWe included general surgeons from the largest hospitals associated with accredited residency programs. We classified staff surgeons active between 2013 and 2018 by degree (MD only, master's degree, PhD) and professorship (assistant, associate, professor) status. We identified their publications from January 2013 to December 2018. Variables of interest included publications per year, citations per article, journal of publication, CiteScore, author's Hirsch (

resultsWe identified 3262 publications from 187 surgeons, including 78 (41.7%) with no graduate degree, 84 (44.9%) with master's degrees and 25 (13.4%) with PhDs. Surgeons with graduate degrees had more publications per year, higher CiteScores, more citations per article, and higher

conclusionSurgeons with graduate degrees or more advanced professorships had the greatest research productivity. Surgeons with doctorates trended toward greater research productivity than those holding master's degrees.

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Internship and ResidencySurgeonsCanadaEfficiencyHumansUnited States

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PMID35613720
PMCPMC9202825
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