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Table 1 Bibliometric Profiles of Ophthalmology and Vision Science Faculty in Canada
Figure 1 Average H-indices for ophthalmologists (A) and vision scientists (B) stratified by sex and rank.
![Figure 1 Average H-indices for ophthalmologists (A) and vision scientists (B) stratified by sex and rank.](/cms/asset/842db223-5d8f-44c4-99c1-3fb2e2fc228e/doph_a_12177550_f0001_b.jpg)
Table 2 Sex Distribution of Clinical Ophthalmologists and Vision Scientists with Bibliometric Profiles Appointed at Accredited Canadian Academic Institutions
Figure 2 Average year of first publication for (A) ophthalmologists and (B) vision scientists, stratified by sex (***P < 0.001, *P < 0.05, Student’s t-test).
![Figure 2 Average year of first publication for (A) ophthalmologists and (B) vision scientists, stratified by sex (***P < 0.001, *P < 0.05, Student’s t-test).](/cms/asset/2f9d7623-8ced-40fa-93cf-5ef05a1f45ce/doph_a_12177550_f0002_b.jpg)
Figure 3 Average H-indices by rank for (A) ophthalmologists and (B) vision scientists; and average m-quotients by rank for (C) ophthalmologists and (D) vision scientists. Groups with the same letter were not significantly different from one another (p<0.05, Kruskal Wallis test).
![Figure 3 Average H-indices by rank for (A) ophthalmologists and (B) vision scientists; and average m-quotients by rank for (C) ophthalmologists and (D) vision scientists. Groups with the same letter were not significantly different from one another (p<0.05, Kruskal Wallis test).](/cms/asset/44bad13c-930e-4528-b314-a968355a9b45/doph_a_12177550_f0003_b.jpg)
Figure 4 Average H-index by degree for (A) ophthalmologists and (B) vision scientists. (*** P<0.0001, Student’s t-test. Groups with the same letter were not significantly different from one another (p<0.05, Kruskal–Wallis test)).
![Figure 4 Average H-index by degree for (A) ophthalmologists and (B) vision scientists. (*** P<0.0001, Student’s t-test. Groups with the same letter were not significantly different from one another (p<0.05, Kruskal–Wallis test)).](/cms/asset/eb4c6ba9-6288-4e29-b846-30e1a82925bc/doph_a_12177550_f0004_b.jpg)
Figure 5 (A) The number of ophthalmologists per subspecialty in Canada, and (B) average H-indices of members in each subspeciality (***P < 0.001 against General/Comprehensive, Dunn’s Multiple Comparison Tests).
![Figure 5 (A) The number of ophthalmologists per subspecialty in Canada, and (B) average H-indices of members in each subspeciality (***P < 0.001 against General/Comprehensive, Dunn’s Multiple Comparison Tests).](/cms/asset/6030a303-13c0-4679-b1e2-ec06bce7c9bf/doph_a_12177550_f0005_b.jpg)
Figure 6 Comparison of average H-indices for (A) Canadian researchers (2020), and (B) American ophthalmologists (2016).9.
![Figure 6 Comparison of average H-indices for (A) Canadian researchers (2020), and (B) American ophthalmologists (2016).9.](/cms/asset/ae441b48-1c0c-4513-8283-173d69fb9be7/doph_a_12177550_f0006_b.jpg)