Ernat, Justin J.Yheulon, Christopher G.Lopez, Andrew J.Warth, Lucian C.2023-01-202023-01-202020-01-22Ernat JJ, Yheulon CG, Lopez AJ, Warth LC. Does the h-index and self-citation affect external funding of orthopedic surgery research? An analysis of fellowship directors and their subspecialties. J Orthop. 2020;20:92-96. Published 2020 Jan 22. doi:10.1016/j.jor.2020.01.019https://hdl.handle.net/1805/30983Purpose: Determine the impact of self-citation on external funding for orthopedic fellowship directors. Methods: The San Francisco Match's website identified directors encompassing 8 subspecialties. The Scopus database identified the number of publications, citations, and h-index for each director. H-index was assessed with/without self-citation. Results: Mean publications, citations, self-citation rate, and h-index for the 446 directors were 71.2, 1816, 3.86%, and 18.3, respectively. Excluding self-citations reduces mean h-index to 18.0; and h-index changed by ≤ 1 integer in 95% of directors. Conclusions: Self-citation has minimal impact among fellowship directors and should not be adjusted for when considering external funding.en-USPublisher PolicyH-indexSelf-citationOrthopaedic surgeryArticle