Academic productivity correlates with industry earnings in foot and ankle fellowship programs in the United States: A retrospective analysis

Figure 1 Correlation between individual physician H-index and individual physician total life-time earnings made as recorded on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website and correlation between the combined H-index per foot and ankle orthopedic surgery fellowship and the combined money made on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website from all faculty of the fellowship program. A: Correlation between individual physician H-index and individual physician total life-time earnings made as recorded on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website. Y-axis was shortened to United States Dollar (USD) 5000000 to allow for better visualization of relationship. Line represents best-fit line for correlation; B: Correlation between the combined H-index per foot and ankle orthopedic surgery fellowship and the combined money made on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website from all faculty of the fellowship program. X-axis set at H-index of 140 and y-axis set at USD 5000000 to allow a better visualization of the relationship. Line represents best-fit line for correlation.