Beyond the Metric: Reassessing the Role of the h-index in Academic Medicine

Journal Article Accepted manuscript Beyond the Metric: Reassessing the Role of the h-index in Academic Medicine Get access Atanu Chandra, MD (Internal Medicine), DNB, MRCP(UK), Atanu Chandra, MD (Internal Medicine), DNB, MRCP(UK) Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India Corresponding author's Contact Information: Dr Atanu Chandra, Calcutta National Medical College; 32, Gorachand Rd, Beniapukur, Kolkata, West Bengal 700014, e-mail- [email protected] Telephone—033-25304557/91-9474190374 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Rupak Chatterjee, MD, Rupak Chatterjee, MD Senior Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Shatavisa Mukherjee, Shatavisa Mukherjee Doctoral Scholar, Department of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology, School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, India Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Sugata Dasgupta, MD, FNB (Critical Care Medicine), MRCP(UK), FRCP (London), Sugata Dasgupta, MD, FNB (Critical Care Medicine), MRCP(UK), FRCP (London) Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, India Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Nandini Chatterjee, MD (Internal Medicine), FRCP, FICP, Nandini Chatterjee, MD (Internal Medicine), FRCP, FICP Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, India Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Jyotirmoy Pal, MD (Internal Medicine), FRCP, FICP Jyotirmoy Pal, MD (Internal Medicine), FRCP, FICP Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Sagore Datta Hospital, Kolkata, India Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, hcaf225, https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcaf225 Published: 01 October 2025 Article history Received: 13 August 2025 Revision received: 25 September 2025 Published: 01 October 2025