Original Article

Academic Productivity and Its Relationship to Physician Salaries in the University of California Healthcare System

Objectives: To evaluate whether physicians with higher academic productivity, as measured by the number of publications in Scopus and the Scopus Hirsch index (h-index), earn higher salaries. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. Participants were ophthalmologists, otolaryngologists, neurosurgeons, and neurologists classified as “top earners” (>$100,000 annually) within the University of…