Table 3. Academic output by type of current or former NIH funding and distribution of NIH funding by surgical divisions.
| Parameter | Number (n) among all faculty | Percent% among all faculty | NIH R01, P01, U01 grants | Other NIH grants | No current or former NIH funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgeons, n, % | 3,859 | 100% | 366, 9.5% | 539, 14% | 2,945, 76.5% |
| Scholarly output | 3,850 | 100% | |||
| Publications, median ± SD | 3,850 | 100% | 109 ± 165 | 56 ± 107 | 27 ± 66 |
| Citations, median ± SD | 3,850 | 100% | 3026 ± 5120 | 1257 ± 3763 | 415 ± 2215 |
| 3-year citations, median ± SD | 3,850 | 100% | 744 ± 1035 | 340 ± 844 | 130 ± 846 |
| H-index | 3,850 | 100% | 27 ± 15 | 16 ± 13 | 10 ± 10 |
| Distribution of funding among divisions | |||||
| Cardiothoracic Surgery | 400 | 10.4% | 10.9% | 19.1% | 70% |
| Cardiac surgery | 146 | 3.8% | 9.5% | 10.2% | 80.3% |
| Thoracic surgery | 254 | 6.6% | 11.8% | 24.4% | 63.8% |
| General Surgery** | 1,875 | 48.7% | 7.1% | 13.0% | 79.9% |
| Acute Care Surgery | 89 | 2.3% | 8.4% | 20.2% | 71.4% |
| General and Minimally Invasive | 1,028454 | 26.7%11.8% | 7.6% | 10.9% | 81.5% |
| Surgical Oncology | 304 | 7.9% | 10.2% | 18.2% | 71.6% |
| Trauma/Critical Care | 89 | 2.3% | 4.3% | 8.6% | 87.1% |
| Pediatric Surgery | 370 | 9.6% | 11.3% | 9.6% | 79.1% |
| Plastic Surgery | 374 | 9.7% | 2.8% | 10.6% | 86.6% |
| Science/Research | 150 | 3.9% | 25.3% | 31.3% | 43.4% |
| Transplant | 392 | 10.2% | 19.3% | 15.4% | 65.3% |
| Vascular surgery | 289 | 7.5% | 7.2% | 13.0% | 79.8% |
**Cardiothoracic surgery includes cardiac and thoracic surgery; General surgery includes acute care surgery, general and minimally invasive, surgical oncology, and trauma and critical care