Academic metrics by rank and specialty
| Specialty | Assistant professor | Associate professor | Professor | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | H-index | Avg/yr | Total | H-index | Avg/yr | Total | H-index | Avg/yr | |
| Neurosurgery | 30.8 | 9.9 | 2.3 | 51.5 | 14.5 | 3.6 | 189.4 | 34.7 | 9.3 |
| Cardiac surgery | 21.1 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 56.2 | 15.7 | 3.9 | 98.3 | 32.1 | 5.1 |
| Urology | 19.5 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 56.8 | 15.5 | 4.3 | 143.3 | 29.2 | 6.9 |
| Pediatric surgery | 26.5 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 41.2 | 12.8 | 2.9 | 249.7 | 41 | 8.7 |
| Thoracic surgery | 14.4 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 46.3 | 13.9 | 3.5 | 136.0 | 28.5 | 7.7 |
| Orthopedic surgery | 14.5 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 41.2 | 12.4 | 3.3 | 138.2 | 31.1 | 6.9 |
| General surgery | 9.7 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 23.2 | 8.2 | 1.6 | 117 | 28.0 | 4.7 |
| Vascular surgery | 13.1 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 27.5 | 9.8 | 1.2 | 68.5 | 16.8 | 2.7 |
| Plastic surgery | 8.7 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 24.9 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 66 | 17.6 | 3.3 |