DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2373041508
Factors Associated with Academic Radiology Research Productivity1
Michael W. Itagaki, MD, MBA and
John Pile-Spellman, MD
1 From the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Ill (M.W.I.); and Department of Radiology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY (J.P.). Received August 31, 2004; revision requested November 8; revision received December 15; accepted January 18, 2005.
Address correspondence to M.W.I., Department of Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital, 222 Station Plaza North, Suite 509, Mineola, NY 11501 (e-mail: mitagaki{at}gmail.com).

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Figure 1. Regression analysis study variables.
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Figure 2. Graph shows estimates of the cost of articles and publication impact units on the departmental and individual levels, with 95% confidence intervals (error bars). These estimates were derived with the four statistical models, with the mean estimate representing the average of the departmental and individual faculty estimates for the given productivity measure.
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Figure 3. Graph shows cumulative percentages of total articles, case reports, review articles, and reports of clinical trials from medical school radiology departments according to departmental NIH funding rank. Well-funded departments accounted for far more articles than poorly funded departments.
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