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. 2012 Nov 7;7(11):e46428. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046428

Figure 4. Distribution of astronomers' research impact quotient (riq) as function of field of specialization.

Figure 4

Each field includes between 30 and 150 astronomers who began their career in the 1990s. The box-and-whisker plot of each field depicts the median (middle notch), lower and upper quartiles (lower and upper hinges), minimum and maximum values (lower and upper whiskers), and outliers.