Table 2. Academic achievement of cardiothoracic (CT) surgical faculty practicing at the top CT centers and their peers.
| Items | All faculty | Junior faculty | Senior faculty | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top CT centers | Other CT centers | Top CT centers | Other CT centers | Top CT centers | Other CT centers | |||
| Academic rank | ||||||||
| Professor | 111 (40.7) | 129 (34.5) | 3 (3.2) | 5 (3.5) | 107 (60.8) | 124 (48.6) | ||
| Associate professor | 54 (19.8) | 97 (25.9) | 22 (23.2) | 33 (23.1) | 32 (18.2) | 64 (25.1) | ||
| Assistant professor | 77 (28.2) | 140 (37.4) | 50 (52.6) | 100 (69.9) | 27 (15.3) | 40 (15.7) | ||
| Instructor | 31 (11.4) | 8 (2.1) | 20 (21.1) | 5 (3.5) | 10 (5.7) | 27 (10.6) | ||
| P | <0.001± | <0.001± | 0.01± | |||||
| Academic productivity | ||||||||
| Total number of publications | 73 (0–815; 26–156) | 36 (0–1,025; 14–89) | 34 (0–201; 15–71) | 19 (0–212; 8–37) | 112 (0–815; 44–199) | 63 (0–1,025; 24–121) | ||
| P | <0.001KW | <0.001KW | <0.001KW | |||||
| Total number of citations | 1,364 (0–34,398; 380–4,215) | 622 (0–26,158; 164–1,656) | 477 (0–5,776; 188–1,183) | 270 (0–6,414; 54–715) | 2,896 (0–34,398; 926–6,155) | 1,090 (0–26,158; 350–2,826) | ||
| P | <0.001KW | 0.003KW | <0.001KW | |||||
| H index | 19 (0–93; 10–32) | 12 (0–69; 6–20) | 11 (0–34; 7–18) | 9 (0–41; 4–13) | 27 (0–93; 16–39) | 16 (0–69; 9–27) | ||
| P | <0.001KW | <0.001KW | <0.001KW | |||||
| NIH funding for research (at any time during their career) | ||||||||
| Yes | 78 (26.1) | 74 (18.9) | 20 (19.2) | 21 (14.1) | 57 (29.5) | 53 (21.9) | ||
| No | 221 (73.9) | 318 (81.1) | 84 (80.8) | 128 (85.9) | 136 (70.5) | 189 (78.1) | ||
| P | 0.026± | 0.30± | 0.076± | |||||
Data are expressed as median (range; IQR) or number (percentage). Missing data points were excluded. ±, Chi square test; KW, Kruskal-Wallis test.