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. 2019 May 9;11(5):e4628. doi: 10.7759/cureus.4628

Table 1. Distribution of the h-index, citations, publications, and years across gender.

Variables Academic Rank Male (median & range) Female (median & range)
H Index
  Assistant Professor 8 (0 – 84) 7 (0 – 48)
Associate Professor 15 (0 – 78) 16 (1- 47)
Professor 29 (0 – 96) 28.5 (0 – 77)
Publications
  Assistant Professor 21 (1 – 640) 18 (1 – 364)
Associate Professor 47 (1 – 500) 42.5 (3 – 164)
Professor 108.5 (1 – 1109) 79 (1 – 386)
Citations
  Assistant Professor 290 (0 – 40022) 189 (0 – 9487)
Associate Professor 841.5 (0 – 36235) 948.5 (1 – 7426)
Professor 3202 (0 – 54772) 3238.5 (0 – 25763)
Years of Research
  Assistant Professor 14 (0 – 2017) 12 (1 – 55)
Associate Professor 20 (3 – 66) 16 (2 – 40)
Professor 30 (2 – 66) 30 (10 – 62)
Publications per year
  Assistant Professor 1.71 (0 – 26.38) 1.5 (0.09-22)
  Associate Professor 2.265 (0.06 – 40.73) 2.36 (0.15 – 20.5)
  Professor 3.735 (0 – 49.7) 2.67 (0.15 – 12.43)
Citations per year
  Assistant Professor 21.94 (0 – 1143.49) 20.5 (0 – 338.82)
  Associate Professor 44.345 (0.17- 100.13) 44.22 (0.25-742.6)
  Professor 106.31 (0 – 1430.53) 89.59 (12.09 – 849.57)