Early Career First and Senior Authorship and Its Relation to Future Neurosurgical Leadership

Key Points

• This research aims to investigate the relationship between early authorship positions and future leadership roles in neurosurgery.
• Analyzed first and senior authorship counts within the first 10 years of publication
• Compared authorship metrics with future leadership roles
• Utilized statistical analysis to evaluate predictors of leadership
• Found first or senior authorships are stronger predictors of leadership than overall publication count
• Determined early-career h-index is less predictive than authorship positions
• Identified a potential tool for selecting future academic leaders in neurosurgery