Trends in Academic Achievement Within Otolaryngology: Does Fellowship Training Impact Research Productivity?

Background: Scholarly productivity and research output vary among different subspecialties. The h-index was developed as a more wholesome metric that measures an author's contribution to literature.

Objective: Through a web-based cross-sectional analysis, we investigated the differences in scholarly impact and influence of both fellowship and nonfellowship-trained academic otolaryngologists in the United States.