Comparison of scientometric achievements at PhD and scientific output ten years later for 4,790 academic researchers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

PhD is the highest awarded degree offered by universities in different disciplines. Owners of a PhD can teach at universities, start independent research and receive a higher salary while further building a scientific career. We examined whether the publication output before the PhD degree has a correlation with subsequent research activities.

Methods

We downloaded publication and citation data from the Hungarian Scientific Bibliography for Hungarian researchers who obtained PhD between the ages of 24 and 45. The researchers were grouped into eleven scientific sections. We examined the number of Q1 publications published in the previous 5 years, the H-index, the total number of citations for the last complete year, and the biological age of the researcher. Each

SUBMITTER: Munkacsy G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9328526 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature