Table 1: Characteristics of physicians with a first- or last-authored paper on a hematologic or oncologic topic in a high-impact journal in 2015.
Characteristic | Median (range) | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
---|---|---|---|
Frequency as corresponding author | 1 (0 to 3) | 0 | 1 |
Years since medical school graduation | 24 (1 to 61) | 17 | 33 |
No. of publications | 140 (1 to 1906) | 52 | 253 |
No. of citations | 5639 (0 to 116 544) | 1452 | 13 448 |
h-index | 36 (0 to 172) | 18 | 56 |
No. of papers before 2013 | 86 (0 to 1486) | 24 | 175 |
No. of papers in 2013-2016 | 40 (0 to 423) | 22 | 68 |
Total general payments, $ | 3282 (0 to 3 369 193) | 0 | 32 578 |
Total research payments, $ | 3500 (0 to 23 132 162) | 0 | 691 797 |