NIH Grant Winners Have Greater Scholarly Impact Than Unfunded Faculty, Study Says

Researchers have found a strong relationship between scholarly impact and securing National Institutes of Health funding among faculty in academic neurosurgical departments, according to a study in the Journal of Neurosurgery.

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Investigators assessed NIH grant winner data from 2011 to 2013. The data was compared with 15 randomly selected, non-funded departments for comparison. Scholarly expertise was measured using the h-index, as calculated from the Scopus database.

 

The study found that NIH-funded faculty had a higher h-index that unfunded faculty.

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