Scholarly productivity and growth of academic hospital medicine full professors

BackgroundScholarship remains the principal currency for faculty promotion in academic medicine. Reference points for scholarly growth and productivity at academic medical centers (AMCs) are lacking.MethodsWe identified hospital medicine full professors (HMFPs) at AMCs ranked in research by US News & World Report. Scopus was used to identify each HMFP's publications, citations, and Hirsch‐index (H‐index). Publications; citations; and first, middle, and senior author papers were measured in 3‐year intervals postresidency. Scholarly productivity was analyzed by quintile based on publications, AMC research ranking, years postresidency, and grant funding.ResultsData were extracted for 128 HMFPs from 54 AMCs. HMFPs were a mean of 20.5 (SD: 5.4) years postresidency. The median H‐index was 7.0 (interquartile range [IQR]: 2.0–16.0); the median number of publications was 15.0 (IQR: 4.0–51.0). Top quintile HMFPs had a median of 175.5 (IQR: 101.5–248.0) publications, whereas fifth quintile HMFPs had a median of 0.0 (IQR: 0.0–1.0) (p