NIH Funding, Research Productivity, and Scientific Impact: a 20-Year Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Research Project Grant (R01) is the oldest grant mechanism used by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Receiving an R01 award is often taken as a sign of scientific success. We presented normative data on multiple productivity and impact metrics for a more objective assessment of funded grants' scientific success.

Methods

All initial R01 grants awarded by NIH in the year 2000 were prospectively followed and evaluated using the numbers of publications and citations, as well as the h-indices at the grant level. We examined the variability, time trends, and relations among these metrics to better understand the funded projects' cumulative output and impact.

Results

In the 20 years since initial funding, 4451 R01 grants generated a total of 55,053 publ

SUBMITTER: Agarwal R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8738817 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature