Table 4.
m-RCR of Academic Orthopaedic Surgeons Stratified by Demographic Characteristics
| Characteristic | No. of Surgeons | m-RCRa | P Value | |
| Median | IQR | |||
| Sex | 0.066 | |||
| Male | 2255 | 1.63 | 1.14-2.21 | |
| Female | 324 | 1.47 | 0.95-2.25 | |
| Faculty rank | 0.001 | |||
| Assistant professor | 1157 | 1.49 | 0.90-2.14 | |
| Associate professor | 683 | 1.56 | 1.13-2.06 | |
| Full professor | 739 | 1.83 | 1.34-2.40 | |
| Region | 0.001 | |||
| Northeast | 757 | 1.69 | 1.20-2.24 | |
| Midwest | 441 | 1.60 | 1.14-2.32 | |
| West | 417 | 1.77 | 1.26-2.34 | |
| South | 964 | 1.50 | 0.96-2.06 | |
| Years in practice | 0.001 | |||
| 0-10 | 996 | 1.54 | 1.03-2.13 | |
| 11-20 | 718 | 1.59 | 1.07-2.10 | |
| 21-30 | 500 | 1.70 | 1.20-2.30 | |
| 31+ | 365 | 1.84 | 1.29-2.47 | |
| Subspecialty | 0.001 | |||
| Adult reconstruction | 347 | 1.93 | 1.36-2.52 | |
| Foot and ankle | 198 | 1.64 | 1.06-2.24 | |
| Sports medicine | 484 | 1.88 | 1.20-2.54 | |
| Spine | 318 | 1.81 | 1.23-2.39 | |
| Trauma | 371 | 1.53 | 1.07-2.03 | |
| Pediatrics | 326 | 1.33 | 0.95-1.77 | |
| Hand and upper extremity | 331 | 1.41 | 0.97-1.79 | |
| Musculoskeletal oncology | 155 | 1.26 | 0.88-1.80 | |
| Shoulder | 131 | 1.81 | 1.44-2.25 | |
| Other | 63 | 1.84 | 1.30-2.50 | |
| No. of fellowships | 0.272 | |||
| 0 | 135 | 1.58 | 0.99-2.32 | |
| 1 | 2066 | 1.60 | 1.10-2.18 | |
| 2 | 298 | 1.69 | 1.21-2.29 | |
| 3+ | 80 | 1.56 | 1.00-2.15 | |
IQR = interquartile range, m-RCR = mean relative citation ratio.
a
The m-RCR was not available for 233 surgeons who were included in the study.