Table 3.

Characteristics of the 50 most cited Canadian primary care researchers

CHARACTERISTICVALUE
Sex, n (%)

  • Female

20 (40)

  • Male

30 (60)
Duration of research career, y

  • Range

15.0-45.0

  • Median

28.5

  • Mean

30.4
Province of residence, n (%)

  • Ontario

27 (54)

  • Quebec

11 (22)

  • British Columbia

6 (12)

  • Alberta

4 (8)

  • Nova Scotia

1 (2)

  • Newfoundland and Labrador

1 (2)
University affiliation, n (%)

  • University of Toronto

15 (30)

  • McGill University

7 (14)

  • University of British Columbia

6 (12)

  • Western University

5 (10)

  • McMaster University

4 (8)

  • Laval University

3 (6)

  • University of Ottawa

2 (4)

  • University of Calgary

2 (4)

  • University of Alberta

2 (4)

  • University of Sherbrooke

1 (2)

  • Dalhousie University

1 (2)

  • Memorial University of Newfoundland

1 (2)

  • Queen’s University

1 (2)
Department affiliation, n (%)

  • Family medicine

43 (86)

  • Nursing

3 (6)

  • Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, School of Population and Public Health

2 (4)

  • Pharmacy

1 (2)

  • Emergency medicine

1 (2)
Academic rank, n (%)

  • Professor

40 (80)

  • Associate professor

8 (16)

  • Assistant professor

2 (4)
Researcher type, n (%)

  • Clinician scientist

43 (86)

  • Health scientist (nonclinician)

7 (14)
Graduate degrees, n*

  • PhD

11

  • MSc, PhD

10

  • MSc

10

  • MPH

2

  • MSc, MSc, PhD

1

  • MA, PhD

1

  • MSN, PhD

1

  • MPH, PhD

1

  • MA, MSc

1

  • MS, PhD

1

  • MClSc

1

  • MScN, PhD

1

  • MSc-MPhil, PhD

1
Health profession, if applicable, n (%)

  • Family physician (CCFP, FCFP)

32 (64)

  • Physician (non-CCFP, non-FCFP)

6 (12)

  • Registered nurse

3 (6)

  • Pharmacist

1 (2)

  • Social worker

1 (2)

  • Clinical psychologist

1 (2)

  • Other

6 (12)
Number of first-author publications

  • Range

13.0-249.0

  • Median

49.0

  • Mean

51.1
Number of co-author publications

  • Range

15.0-563.0

  • Median

129.0

  • Mean

150.3
Total number of publications

  • Range

75.0-651.0

  • Median

179.0

  • Mean

201.4
Number of first-author citations (excluding self-citation)

  • Range

796.0-9081.0

  • Median

1190.5

  • Mean

1864.3
Number of co-author citations

  • Range

190.0-24,647.0

  • Median

5030.5

  • Mean

5740.7
Total number of citations

  • Range

1077.0-27,155.0

  • Median

6521.5

  • Mean

7605.1
h index

  • Range

15.0-87.0

  • Median

37.0

  • Mean

38.4

  • ↵* For 8 researchers educational background was not available or not found.