Surgery and the kings of medical science

Ihsan Ekin Demir,Helmut Friess,Güralp O Ceyhan

doi:10.1007/s00423-021-02242-5

Abstract

BackgroundSurgeons are frequently compared in terms of their publication activity to members of other disciplines who publish in journals with naturally higher impact factors. The time intensity of daily clinical duties in surgery is yet not comparable to that of these competitor disciplines.PurposeHere, we aimed to critically comment on ways for improving the academic productivity of university surgerons.ConclusionsTo ensure high-quality science in surgery, it is imperative that surgeons actively ask for and generate the time for high-quality research. This necessitates coordinated and combined efforts of leading university surgeons at the political level and effective presentation of the magnificent studies performed by young and talented university surgeons.

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Surgeons are frequently compared in terms of their publication activity to members of other disciplines who publish in journals with naturally higher impact factors
The present study clearly showed that the majority of the publication activity was very much concentrated on four, that is, on a very limited number, of departments, which published as much as the last 20 departments together
The paper has high merit because it is one of the few studies in the field that addressed the academic activity of general surgeons at German University hospitals [1, 2]

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Surgeons are frequently compared in terms of their publication activity to members of other disciplines who publish in journals with naturally higher impact factors. The scientific activity of surgeons at the highest level of academia, i.e. at university surgical departments, is decisive for shaping the future of surgery as a science. 3 German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany the dynamics behind the scientific and publication activity of general surgeons in German university hospitals.

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