Demographic and Academic Factors

Number of applicants with information in a given category

Mean

Standard Deviation

Age

317

31.0

10.9

Medical School Research Rankings

211

27.0

17.6

Medical School Primary-Care Rankings

175

27.1

19.1

NIH Rank

298

44.8

30.9

USMLE Step 1 score

308

231.2

19.7

USMLE Step 2 score

148

229.9

22.0

Number of full-time dermatology research years

316

0.2

0.6

Number of all scholarly work at time of application (includes all published, in press, submitted work, abstracts, and presentations)

316

5.2

5.3

Number of Manuscripts (includes published, submitted, in preparation)

317

3.1

3.0

Number of abstracts and/or posters

317

2.2

3.6

Number of publications

317

1.3

2.0

Number of first author publications

317

0.6

1.1

Number of dermatology-specific publications

316

0.4

1.2

Number of basic-science focused publications

316

0.6

1.5

Candidate Impact Factor based on publications [(S= Number of publications in Journal i) x (Impact Factor of Journal i)]

317

3.7

7.1

Number of unpublished manuscripts (includes submitted and in-preparation manuscripts)

317

1.8

2.1

Number of submitted manuscripts that were published after application submission

316

0.6

1.2

Publication Ratio  (defined as manuscripts that were later published divided by unpublished manuscripts at the time of application)

198

0.3

0.4