Role of industry funding in academic dermatology

Since 2003, the NIH Budget for research grants has diminished. As a result more academic physicians are turning to pharmaceutical and medical device companies for funding. The aim of this project was to examine the relationship between private industry funding in dermatology and the relative scholarly impact created by investigators who received this funding. The objective of this study was to compare the impact of the h-index, a weighted index of academic productivity, to the amount of industry research funding received by colleagues.