A Metrics-Based Research Salary Award System and Its 9-Year Impact on Publication Productivity.
Rationale and Objectives: Although metrics-based systems may incentivize academic output, no prior studies have evaluated the impact on publication metrics in academic radiology. This study presents a metrics-based system of awarding research protected time, and retrospectively evaluates its 9-year...
| Publicado en: | Academic Radiology Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 728 - 736 |
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Elsevier B.V.
May2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=155851399&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 155851399 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10766332 T4X jtl: Academic Radiology issn: 10766332 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2022 vid: 29 iid: 5 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 155851399 155851399 NLM32807606 155851399 10.1016/j.acra.2020.06.036 NLM32807606 155851399 ppf: 728 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: A Metrics-Based Research Salary Award System and Its 9-Year Impact on Publication Productivity. aug: au: Rakhra, Kawan S. Chepelev, Leonid McInnes, Matthew D.F. Schieda, Nicola Rybicki, Frank J. affil: Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L6, Canada sug: subj: Awards and Honors Benchmarking Productivity Retrospective Design Salaries and Fringe Benefits Faculty, Medical Human ab: Rationale and Objectives: Although metrics-based systems may incentivize academic output, no prior studies have evaluated the impact on publication metrics in academic radiology. This study presents a metrics-based system of awarding research protected time, and retrospectively evaluates its 9-year impact on publication productivity and impact factor.Materials and Methods: Based on a metrics-based algorithm to award department funded Research Protected Time (RPT), metrics pre-RPT (2003-2009) and during the RPT period (2010-2018) from an academic radiology department were retrospectively analyzed to test the hypothesis that the RPT program resulted in higher publication productivity and journal impact factor at the departmental level and for faculty members receiving the award. Comparison was made between (1) pre-RPT and RPT periods and (2) during the RPT period, between RPT and non-RPT faculty members, for annual publication productivity normalized to faculty count (Student's t test) and median impact factor (Wilcoxon rank sum test).Results: For the evaluation period of 2003-2018, 724 unique publications were identified: 15% (107/724) pre-RPT period and 85% (617/724) RPT period. Normalized annual publication productivity was higher during the RPT period compared to the Pre-RPT period (1.2 vs. 0.3, p = 0.002), and within the RPT period, higher among faculty who received RPT vs. non-RPT faculty (3.5 vs. 0.4, p = 0.002). Median impact factor was higher during the RPT period compared to pre-RPT period (2.843 vs. 2.322, p = 0.044), and within the RPT period, higher in RPT vs. non-RPT faculty (3.016 vs. 2.346, p < 0.001).Conclusion: The implementation of a metrics-based system of funded, research protected time, was associated with increased publication productivity and increased impact factor. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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