Table 3.
Corresponding Author's Opinions on the Relevance of Publication Impact to Performance Review and Promotion Stratified by Corresponding Author's Characteristics
| # Publications | # Authors | Journal Impact Factor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | P-value | n (%) | P-value | n (%) | P-value | |
| Corresponding | ||||||
| Author | ||||||
| First Author | 248 (76.3) | 48 (14.8) | 210 (64.8) | |||
| Other | 128 (83.7) | >0.05 | 36 (23.5) | <0.05 | 113 (73.9) | <0.05 |
| Position at Institution | ||||||
| Academic | 285 (86.6) | 69 (21.0) | 234 (71.3) | |||
| Trainee | 49 (65.3) | 9 (12.0) | 39 (52.0) | |||
| Non-academic | 42 (6.8) | <0.001 | 6 (8.1) | <0.05 | 50 (67.6) | <0.01 |
| Research Field | ||||||
| Bio-medical/Lab | 206 (76.0) | 58 (21.4) | 178 (65.9) | |||
| Non Bio-medical | 169 (82.0) | >0.05 | 26 (12.6) | >0.05 | 144 (69.9) | >0.05 |
| Country | ||||||
| North America | 139 (83.2) | 13 (7.8) | 103 (62.0) | |||
| Europe | 133 (71.9) | 24 (13.0) | 129 (69.7) | |||
| Asia | 83 (83.8) | 41 (41.4) | 72 (72.7) | |||
| Other | 21 (77.8) | <0.05 | 6 (22.2) | <0.001 | 19 (70.4) | >0.05 |