Table 3.

w-RCR of Academic Orthopaedic Surgeons Stratified by Demographic Characteristics

Characteristic	No. of Surgeons	w-RCRa		P Value
		Median	IQR
Sex				0.001
Male	2255	29.75	7.68-79.52
Female	324	14.13	3.97-36.10
Faculty rank				0.001
Assistant professor	1157	10.17	3.21-28.88
Associate professor	683	29.37	9.68-66.65
Full professor	739	80.50	40.12-136.18
Region				0.001
Northeast	757	33.96	10.50-87.64
Midwest	441	29.05	8.71-75.60
West	417	40.49	10.93-93.50
South	964	16.89	3.98-56.17
Years in practice				0.001
0-10	996	15.18	4.53-39.22
11-20	718	29.03	7.79-71.82
21-30	500	44.95	12.93-101.61
31+	365	69.14	24.49-123.77
Subspecialty				0.001
Adult reconstruction	347	35.00	10.80-101.61
Foot and ankle	198	21.86	5.50-72.45
Sports medicine	484	30.63	6.93-80.23
Spine	318	41.20	9.42-91.54
Trauma	371	24.63	7.20-65.67
Pediatrics	326	17.78	4.95-52.03
Hand and upper extremity	331	20.22	5.75-52.57
Musculoskeletal oncology	155	28.61	9.75-74.17
Shoulder	131	32.86	11.04-75.02
Other	63	38.06	16.74-96.94
No. of fellowships				0.003
0	135	18.16	2.96-80.45
1	2066	25.11	6.73-72.94
2	298	35.33	12.27-79.66
3+	80	33.15	10.93-89.76

IQR = interquartile range, w-RCR = weighted relative citation ratio.

^aThe w-RCR was not available for 233 surgeons who were included in the study.