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hglobal-Index: A Novel Author-Level Measure of the Diffusion of Scientific Ideas Among High-, Low-, and Middle-Income Countries.
Elahi, Cyrus; Shaftel, Kelly A; Cole, Tyler S; Nickenig Vissoci, João Ricardo; Little, Andrew S.
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  • Elahi C; Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  • Shaftel KA; Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  • Cole TS; Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  • Nickenig Vissoci JR; Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  • Little AS; Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Electronic address: neuropub@barrowneuro.org.
World Neurosurg ; 184: e360-e366, 2024 04.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38302003
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

To describe an intuitive and useful method for measuring the global impact of a medical scholar's research ideas by examining cross-border citations (CBCs) of peer-reviewed neurosurgical publications.

METHODS:

Publication and citation data for a random sample of the top 50 most academically productive neurosurgeons were obtained from Scopus Application Programming Interface. We characterized an author-level global impact index analogous to the widely used h-index, the hglobal-index, defined as the number of published peer-reviewed manuscripts with at least the same number of CBCs. To uncover socioeconomic insights, we explored the hglobal-index for high-, middle-, and low-income countries.

RESULTS:

The median (interquartile range) number of publications and CBCs were 144 (62-255) and 2704 (959-5325), respectively. The median (interquartile range) h-index and hglobal-index were 42 (23-61) and 32 (17-38), respectively. Compared with neurosurgeons in the random sample, the 3 global neurosurgeons had the highest hglobal-indices in low-income countries at 17, 13, and 9, despite below-average h-index scores of 33, 38, and 19, respectively.

CONCLUSION:

This intuitive update to the h-index uses CBCs to measure the global impact of scientific research. The hglobal-index may provide insight into global diffusion of medical ideas, which can be used for social science research, author self-assessment, and academic promotion.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Neurocirugia Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: World Neurosurg Asunto de la revista: NEUROCIRURGIA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Neurocirugia Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: World Neurosurg Asunto de la revista: NEUROCIRURGIA Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos