有研究表明：医学生的文章是虚高。

It is important to note that the mean number of research publications found in this study (4.2) differed by a factor of three from values reported by the NRMP (14.7) [13]. This discrepancy is consistent with the observations of other competitive medical specialties such as plastic surgery [17], neurosurgery [18], and otolaryngology [19]. This inconsistency may be explained by the flaws within NRMP data collection methods: (i) it is self-reported; (ii) inclusion of abstracts, oral presentations, and posters within the publication count; (iii) failure to include data from all successful candidates; and (iv) inclusion of submitted papers. Furthermore, the skewness of the data necessitates the use of median values instead of the mean value employed by NRMP. Consequently, the national data may be misleading when it comes to the number of peer-reviewed articles held by successful dermatology residency applicants. Medical students wishing to apply to dermatology should be advised that while the average matched applicants hold two published or accepted articles at the time of application, this number is trending upwards over time.