Table 3.
Bibliometric Analysis of KRESCENT Trainees Compared with Nonfunded Applicants.
| Program | KRESCENT |
Nonfunded applicants |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Change | Before | After | Change | |
| Average annual number of manuscripts | ||||||
| New Investigator | 1.02 | 3.65 | (+2.63) | 0.80 | 2.86 | (+2.06) |
| Post-Doctoral Fellowship | 0.40 | 2.02 | (+1.62) | 0.41 | 1.41 | (+1.00) |
| Average number of authors per manuscript | ||||||
| New Investigator | 6.78 | 8.62 | (+1.84) | 6.81 | 7.65 | (+0.84) |
| Post-Doctoral Fellowship | 6.86 | 8.55 | (+1.69) | 7.12 | 7.92 | (+0.80) |
| Average number of addresses per manuscript | ||||||
| New Investigator | 3.63 | 5.78 | (+2.15) | 3.58 | 4.97 | (+1.39) |
| Post-Doctoral Fellowship | 3.37 | 5.56 | (+2.19) | 3.66 | 5.39 | (+1.73) |
| % international collaboration | ||||||
| New Investigator | 34.9 | 47.5 | (+12.6) | 30.3 | 40.1 | (+9.8) |
| Post-Doctoral Fellowship | 41.1 | 45.2 | (+4.1) | 38.3 | 33.7 | (−4.6) |
| Average field-normalized citation rates (ARC) | ||||||
| New Investigator | 1.68 | 1.88 | (+0.20) | 1.56 | 1.77 | (+0.21) |
| Post-Doctoral Fellowship | 1.18 | 2.26 | (+1.08) | 1.34 | 1.49 | (+0.15) |
| Average field-normalized impact factors (ARIF) | ||||||
| New Investigator | 1.59 | 1.46 | (−0.13) | 1.37 | 1.54 | (+0.17) |
| Post-Doctoral Fellowship | 1.28 | 1.59 | (+0.31) | 1.36 | 1.36 | (0.00) |
Note. Summative data for New Investigators (within 3 years of first academic appointment) and Post-Doctoral Fellows at the time of application to KRESCENT (Before), and after that time, until 2015 (After). Values in parentheses represent changes (“After” minus “Before”). KRESCENT = Kidney Research Scientist Core Education and National Training; ARC = average of relative citation; ARIF = average of relative impact factor.