Table 2

Descriptive statistics of hyperperformers (top 10% as defined by the total number of manuscripts between 2013 and 2018)

VariableMedian*
n = 36		Total
n = 36
No. of years worked 2013–2018, mean6.0
Total no. of papers in 6 years66.52920†
No. of papers per year10.2473.5
No. of first authorships in 6 years2.0193
No. of last authorships in 6 years20.0855
No. of middle authors in 6 years44.51872
Total no. of citations1732.588 893‡
No. of citations per paper13.0
6-year h-index22.0
No. of basic science papers2.0431
No. of clinical papers56.52484
No. of review articles8.0427
No. of book chapters1.068
No. of primary literature or general articles53.52227
No. of narrative articles3.0193
City of work
 Toronto18
 Montréal5
 Edmonton4
 Calgary4
 London2
 Vancouver1
 Winnipeg1
 Ottawa1
Types of graduate degree
 PhD9
 MSc7
 None7
 MPH5
 MEd4
 MClinEpi3
 Other1

  • MClinEpi = master’s of clinical epidemiology; MEd = master’s of education; MPH = master’s of public health; MSc = master’s of science.

  • ↵* Unless indicated otherwise.

  • ↵† 46.1% of initial cohort’s 6333 publications.

  • ↵‡ 57.0% of initial cohort’s 155 929 citations