Table 5.

Origin of collaborators during the past 12 months (multiple selections were permitted)

Options for Origin of Past Collaborators	No. (%)
Come from my department	179 (92.7)
Come from other institutions with faculty specializing in my area of interest	173 (89.6)
Come from my institution, outside my department	172 (89.1)
Are people with whom I have collaborated in the past	170 (88.1)
Are people with whom I have conducted relevant research	133 (68.9)
Are people whom I met at conferences, conventions, etc	119 (61.7)
Are people to whom I was introduced to by a colleague	111 (57.5)
Other	38 (19.7)