Analysis of h-index and other bibliometric markers of productivity and repercussion of a selected sample of worldwide emergency medicine researchers.

Objective: To explore bibliometric markers in a worldwide sample of emergency physician investigators to define global, continental and individual patterns over time.

Methods: We evaluated the number of papers published, citations received, cumulative impact factor and h-index of editorial board members of six international emergency medicine journals. We calculated the individual values for every year of each author's career to evaluate their dynamic evolution.