Impact of Early Research Productivity on Future Academic Output Among Head and Neck Fellows

• Published in: The Laryngoscope 2024-07, Vol.134 (7), p.3165-3169
• Main Authors: Samaha, Nadia L., Gwynne, Kaelyn, Habib, Andy M., Randolph, Jackson, Walsh, Amanda R., Boyd, David A., Maxwell, Jessica H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: academia; Academic careers; Author productivity; Authorship; Biomedical Research - statistics & numerical data; career placement; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Education, Medical, Graduate - statistics & numerical data; Efficiency; Fellowships and Scholarships - statistics & numerical data; Female; head and neck surgery; Humans; Internship and Residency - statistics & numerical data; Male; Otolaryngology - education; Otolaryngology - statistics & numerical data; Publications - statistics & numerical data; Publications - trends; Publishing - statistics & numerical data; Publishing - trends; research productivity
• ISSN: 0023-852X; 1531-4995
• DOI: 10.1002/lary.31321

Objective To examine the impact of pre‐fellowship publications on future research productivity and career placement among head and neck (H&N) surgery fellowship graduates. Methods H&N surgery fellowship graduates between 2014 and 2022 were identified from publicly available data. Timing of fellowship graduation, number of publications during each stage of education and training, and number of first authorship publications were analyzed for association with scholarly productivity and academic career placement. Results In our analysis of 409 H&N fellowship graduates, there was a strong positive correlation between the year of fellowship graduation and the average number of publications in residency (R2 = 0.82) and fellowship (R2 = 0.79). Graduates producing more than the average of 2.37 publications prior to residency had a significantly higher average number of publications during residency and fellowship compared to those who published below average (p