Definitions of Metrics (Medical Insight)

Definitions of Metrics (Medical)

In the following explanation of metrics ‘µ’ refers to the mean of the population while ‘σ’ refers to the standard deviation of the population.

Books Metrics

Percentage of Faculty with a Book Publication – pfacbp

            hasbook / numfac

Z-Score of Percentage of Faculty with a Book Publication – b1

            (pfacbp - µ of pfacbp) / σ of pfacbp

Rank on Percentage of Faculty with a Book Publication – Rb1

Book Publications Per Faculty - bppfac

            totbooks / numfac

Z-Score of Book Publications Per Faculty – b2

            (bppfac - µ of bppfac) / σ of bppfac

Rank on Book Publications per Faculty – Rb2

Publication Metrics

Percentage of Faculty with a Journal Publication – pfacjp

            hasjpub / numfac

Z-Score of Percentage of Faculty with a Journal Publication – p1

            (pfacjp - µ of pfacjp) / σ of bppfac

Rank on Percentage of Faculty with a Journal Publication – Rp1

Journal Publications per Faculty Member – jppfac

             totpubs / numfac

Z-Score of Journal Publications per Faculty Member – p2

            (jppfac - µ of jppfac) / σ of jppfac

Rank on Journal Publications per Faculty Member – Rp2

Conference Proceedings Metrics

Percentage of Faculty with a Conference Proceeding – percentFacultyConfProc

            HasConfProc / numfac

Z-Score of Percentage of Faculty with a Conference Proceedings – zScore_percentFacultyConfProc

            (percentFacultyConfProc - µ of percentFacultyConfProc) / σ of percentFacultyConfProc

Rank on Percentage of Faculty with a Conference Proceedings – rank_percentFacultyConfProc

Conference Proceedings per Faculty Member – perFacultyConfProc

            TotConfProc / numfac

Z-Score of Conference Proceedings per Faculty Member – zScore_perFacultyConfProc

            (perFacultyConfProc - µ of perFacultyConfProc) / σ of perFacultyConfProc

Rank on Conference Proceedings per Faculty Member – rank_perFacultyConfProc

Citations Metrics

Percentage of Faculty with a Citation – pfacc

            hascit / numfac

Z-Score of Percentage of Faculty with a Citation – p3

            (pfacc - µ of pfacc) / σ of pfacc

Rank on Percentage of Faculty with a Citation – Rp3

Citations per Faculty Member – cpfac

            totcits / numfac

Z-Score of Citations per Faculty Member – p4

            (cpfac – µ of cpfac) / σ of cpfac

Rank on Citations per Faculty Member – Rp4

Citations per Publication – cpp

            totcits / totpubs

Z-Score of Citations per Publication – p5

            (cpp - µ of cpp) / σ of cpp

Rank on Citations per Publication – Rp5

Grant Metrics

Percentage of Faculty with a Grant – pfacgrnt

            hasgrnt / numfac

Z-Score of Percentage of Faculty with a Grant – g1

            (pfacgrnt - µ of pfacgrnt) / σ of pfacgrnt

Rank on Percentage of Faculty with a Grant – Rg1

Grants per Faculty Member – gpfac

            totgno / numfac

Z-Score of Grants per Faculty Member – g2

            (gpfac – µ of gpfac) / σ of gpfac

Rank on Grants per Faculty Member – Rg2

Grant Dollars Per Faculty Member – gdpfac

            totgdol / numfac

Z-Score of Grant Dollars Per Faculty Member – g3

            (gdpfac - µ of gdpfac) / σ of gdpfac

Rank on Grant Dollars Per Faculty Member – Rg3

Dollars per Grant – dolpgrnt        

            totgdol / totgno

Z-Score of Dollars per Grant – g4

            (dolpgrnt - µ of dolpgrnt) / σ of dolpgrnt

Rank on Dollars per grant – Rg4

Award Metrics

Percentage of Faculty with an Award – pfacawd

            hasawd / numfac

Z-Score of Percentage of Faculty with an Award – a2

            (pfacawd- µ of pfacawd) / σ of pfacawd

Rank on Percentage of Faculty with an Award – Ra2

Awards per Faculty Member – awdpfac

            Totawds / numfac

Z-Score of Awards per Faculty Member – a1

            (awdpfac – µ of awdpfac) / σ of awdpfac

Rank on Awards per Faculty Member – Ra1

Weight Metrics

Weight of Awards Metrics in this Discipline – awdwt

Weight of Grants Metrics in this Discipline – grntwt

Weight of Books Metrics in this Discipline – bookswt

Weight of Citations Metrics in this Discipline – citswt

Weight of Journal Publication Metrics in this Discipline – pubswt

Weight of Conference Proceedings Metrics in this Discipline – confprocwt