Publication Trajectories of Today's Canadian Academic Plastic Surgeons: A Bibliometric Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The landscape of academic research has evolved notably in recent decades, shifting towards earlier career publications and more interdisciplinary collaborations. This study aims to identify research productivity trends among Canadian academic plastic surgeons. Methods: The Web of Science and MEDLINE databases were searched by plastic surgeon names and for each result, the author list position, year of publication, journal, and citation counts were collected. Surgeons' demographics, including gender and medical school graduation year, were obtained from provincial college websites. Publication rates over a plastic surgeon's career trajectory were analyzed by surgeons' current decade of practice. Results: There were 3661 included entries in our database, co

SUBMITTER: Banyi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12397090 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature