Table 2.
Performance metrics of five NIH cardiovascular study section reviewers after removal of two outliers
| Mean ± SD | Median | 95%CI | Minimum | Maximum | |
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| N | 131 | 131 | 131 | 131 | 131 |
| H index | 21.7 ± 10.3 | 20 | 19.9–23.5 | 2 | 60 |
| Number of articles | 54.4 ± 41.8 | 42 | 47.1–618.6 | 3 | 283 |
| Times cited | 2184.3 ± 2321.3 | 1467 | 1783.0–2585.5 | 12 | 15,327 |
| Average citations per item | 37.8 ± 22.3 | 33.0 | 34.0–41.7 | 2.3 | 116.1 |
| Citation to median article/year | 3.7 ± 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.2–4.2 | 0.4 | 24 |
| Citations/year to top-cited articles | 40.8 ± 88.4 | 22.8 | 25.6–56.1 | 0.6 | 750.2 |
| Citations to all articles/year | 142.0 ± 140.2 | 100.2 | 117.8–166.3 | 1.6 | 957.9 |
Data after removal of the American Heart Association “Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics” and “Global Burden of Disease” articles.