Does industry funding mean more publications for subspecialty academic plastic surgeons?

CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrated in detail the association between industry funding and academic bibliometrics in academic plastic surgery of every subspecialty. Even at modest amounts, industry support, especially when research designated, positively influenced research and therefore, academic output.
PMID: 29506839 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Hand Surgery - March 8, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Ruan QZ, Cohen JB, Baek Y, Bletsis P, Celestin AR, Epstein S, Bucknor AEM, Lee BT Tags: J Surg Res Source Type: research