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The aim of this study was to quantify academic metrics associated with rank in surgical oncologists training the next generation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Faculty were identified from accredited surgical oncology fellowships in the United States. Scopus was used to obtain the number of publications\/citations and <jats:italic>h<\/jats:italic>\u2010index values. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) RePORT website was used to identify funding history.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of the 319 surgeons identified, complete rank information was obtained for 308. The majority of faculty were men (70%) and only 11% of full professors were women. The median <jats:italic>h<\/jats:italic>\u2010index values were 7, 17, and 39 for assistant, associate, and full professors, respectively. While 50% of full professors had a history of NIH funding, only 26%\u00a0had RO1s and 20% had current NIH funding. 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