This episode of the PRS Global Open Keynotes Podcast discusses alternative bibliometrics and focuses on the disruption index. The index is a new bibliometric that is applied to surgery. It identifies papers that shift paradigms and eclipse previous research in a given field. Guests are Amir H Dorafshar, MD; Adan Z. Becerra, PhD; Sydney R. Horen; and Marek A. Hansdorfer, MD.   This episode discusses the following PRS Global Open article: “The 100 Most-disruptive Articles in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Sub-specialties (1954–2014)” by Marek A. Hansdorfer, Sydney R. Horen, Brandon E. Alba, Jennifer N Akin, Amir H. Dorafshar, and Adan Z. Becerra. Read it for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com:

http://bit.ly/TheDisruptive100

Dr. Dorafshar is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Professor, Chief and Program Director for the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Becerra is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at Rush University Medical Center.

Ms. Horen is a Clinical Research Fellow in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Rush University Medical Center.

Dr. Hansdorfer is a Plastic Surgery Resident at Rush University Medical Center.

Your host, Dr. Damian Marucci, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia. #PRSGlobalOpen; #KeynotesPodcast; #PlasticSurgery; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery- Global Open