Table 1 Distributions of the numbers of articles published and of citation metrics among 18,231 leading researchers in the health sciences
From: Authorship and citation patterns of highly cited biomedical researchers: a cross-sectional study
| Â | Mean (SD) | Range | Proportion with 0 papers | Percentiles | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 | 50 | 75 | 95 | ||||
Total articles | 188 (131) | 6–3050 |  | 103 | 156 | 236 | 429 |
Articles as single author | 9 (18) | 0–1672 | 2.93% | 3 | 6 | 11 | 29 |
Articles as first author | 30 (25) | 0–796 | 0.04% | 15 | 24 | 37 | 71 |
Articles as mid-list author | 94 (83) | 0–1153 | 0.10% | 39 | 71 | 123 | 248 |
Articles as last author | 55 (50) | 0–1478 | 0.22% | 25 | 43 | 70 | 140 |
H index | 45.8 (17.0) | 6 − 208 |  | 34 | 43 | 54 | 77 |
Hm index | 17.7 (6.0) | 3.4–78.5 |  | 13.7 | 16.8 | 20.5 | 28.9 |