Scientific productivity in relation to the applicant characteristics*
| Applicant characteristics† | Scientific productivity | Final application score, mean ± SD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| h-index, mean ± SD | Cumulative impact,‡ mean ± SD | Historical funding success rate, 0–1;§ mean ± SD | ||
| Scientific domain | ||||
| Basic sciences | 7.54 ± 4.87 | 142.13 ± 207.80 | 0.27 ± 0.21 | 3.87 ± 0.44 |
| Applied sciences | 6.77 ± 4.79 | 133.92 ± 214.06 | 0.22 ± 0.20 | 3.57 ± 0.50 |
| Clinical | 7.35 ± 4.77 | 161.95 ± 228.43 | 0.20 ± 0.20 | 3.63 ± 0.46 |
| Health services and policy | 6.33 ± 4.87 | 115.94 ± 193.11 | 0.22 ± 0.19 | 3.52 ± 0.54 |
| Population health | 6.21 ± 4.66 | 104.69 ± 200.23 | 0.23 ± 0.20 | 3.52 ± 0.52 |
| Age, yr | ||||
| Missing age | 6.88 ± 4.84 | 144.44 ± 292.00 | 0.24 ± 0.18 | 3.67 ± 0.48 |
| 26–41 | 5.98 ± 3.87 | 95.58 ± 138.60 | 0.20 ± 0.23 | 3.73 ± 0.48 |
| 42–47 | 7.27 ± 4.82 | 140.53 ± 196.01 | 0.25 ± 0.20 | 3.80 ± 0.48 |
| 48–54 | 7.64 ± 4.64 | 143.78 ± 201.39 | 0.26 ± 0.18 | 3.80 ± 0.48 |
| 55–81 | 8.55 ± 5.72 | 182.31 ± 248.42 | 0.31 ± 0.20 | 3.79 ± 0.48 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 5.90 ± 3.75 | 86.62 ± 126.70 | 0.23 ± 0.20 | 3.71 ± 0.48 |
| Male | 7.93 ± 5.19 | 165.00 ± 236.37 | 0.26 ± 0.21 | 3.80 ± 0.48 |
| Overall | 7.27 ± 4.86 | 139.22 ± 210.07 | 0.25 ± 0.21 | 3.77 ± 0.48 |
Note: SD = standard deviation.
↵* All scientific productivity analyses included 10 470 applicants who were successfully linked to the bibliometric data or 90% of our cohort.
↵† Principal applicant.
↵‡ Cumulative impact is measured by summing the impact factors of all published articles (Wennerås total impact measure).
↵§ Historical funding success rate is measured by calculating the proportion of funded applications submitted to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research since 2000.