Table 5. Subset analysis of scholarly output of surgical faculty by university NIH-funding rank groups.

Cardiothoracic surgery includes cardiac and thoracic surgery; General surgery includes acute care surgery, general and minimally invasive surgery, surgical oncology, and trauma and critical care.

Parameter	n	(%)	Rank 1–10	Rank 11–20	Rank 21–30	Rank 31–40	Rank 41–50
			Publications, Citations (median ± SD)	Publications, Citations (median ± SD)	Publications, Citations (median ± SD)	Publications, Citations (median ± SD)	Publications, Citations (median ± SD)
Overall			43 ± 112	43 ± 97	43 ± 107	30 ± 61	26 ± 80
			825 ± 3509	709 ± 3202	(825 ± 4178)	(528 ± 2047)	(363 ± 2319)
Divisions
Cardiothoracic Surgery	408	12.3%	50 ± 78	66 ± 107	74 ± 112	32 ± 60	34 ± 99
			1105 ± 2481	1063 ± 3313	1185 ± 3474	592 ± 2966	616 ± 3274
General Surgery	1538	48%	36 ± 85	43 ± 91	50 ± 106	30 ± 61	24 ± 84
			650 ± 3070	775 ± 3446	1027 ± 5010	486 ± 2130	375 ± 2549
Acute Care Surgery	76	2.3%	17 ± 40	132 ± 69	52 ± 88	30 ± 41	15 ± 33
			451 ± 1363	1348 ± 1944	1345 ± 2060	563 ± 1304	181 ± 999
General and Minimally Invasive	828	25.8%	40 ± 88	33 ± 84	50 ± 82	26 ± 61	25 ± 95
			807 ± 2767	589 ± 3784	1037 ± 3682	499 ± 1767	401 ± 2939
Surgical Oncology	371	11.5%	51 ± 93	42 ± 89	51 ± 123	43 ± 73	31 ± 41
			1179 ± 4300	690 ± 2439	999 ± 6194	776 ± 3043	481 ± 1420
Trauma/Critical Care	263	8.2%	16 ± 55	37 ± 75	48 ± 198	17 ± 43	14 ± 38
			164 ± 1779	464 ± 2031	1200 ± 6034	218 ± 1051	275 ± 1452
Pediatric Surgery	311	9.7%	34 ± 83	35 ± 48	41 ± 56	36 ± 44	23 ± 66
			574 ± 2708	555–1017	721 ± 1645	721 ± 1645	303 ± 1158
Plastic Surgery	317	9.9%	23 ± 89	41 ± 56	17 ± 199	24 ± 52.9	17 ± 32
			398 ± 1425	479 ± 1414	351 ± 5550	344 ± 1411	200 ± 706
Science/Research	96	3%	61 ± 58	61 ± 58	84 ± 68	53 ± 110	38 ± 42
			1628 ± 2374	1222 ± 1737	1982 ± 1026	1982 ± 1026	871 ± 1504
Transplant	303	9.4%	65 ± 219	77 ± 151	54 ± 76	40 ± 59	35 ± 88
			1873 ± 6371	2155 ± 3574	1069 ± 2246	906 ± 1750	598 ± 3191
Vascular surgery	222	6.9%	39 ± 64	32 ± 77	44 ± 67	31 ± 44	33 ± 123
			819 ± 2164	443 ± 1612	980 ± 3020	579 ± 1069	376 ± 2402