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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 9.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Nov-Dec;28(6):1814–1825. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.6.1814

EXHIBITS 5.

Selected Measures Of Academic And Commercial Outcomes In 1985,1995, And 2006 (Unadjusted)

Industry support Research faculty using biotechnology tools
All research faculty
1985 1995 2006 1995 2006
Percent of faculty with industry support 23% 21% 17%a 28% 20%b

Mean number of publications Yes 14.6c 16.3c 18.7c 14.6c 15.2c
No 11.3 10.8 12.0 10.1 9.9

Mean publication trends score Yes 3.3 4.3c 7.7c 4.2c 5.2c
No 2.2 2.2 3.3 2.1 2.9

Mean number of service activities Yes 1.4 3.0c 2.5c 2.3c 2.1
No 1.1 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.6

Percent with patent applications Yes 37%c 56%c 57%c 42%c 35%c
No 17 35 43 24 27

Percent with trade secrets Yes 12c 17.2c 11.6 14.5c 12.6c
No 3 6.6 7.3 4.7 7.4

Percent reporting choice Of research topics was somewhat or greatly affected by likelihood of commercial applications Yes 30c 30.0c 23.3c 35.1c 27.3c
No 7 14.5 18.1 14.1 14.8

SOURCE: Authors’ analysis of the 1985, 1995, and 2006 Academic-Industry Relationships Faculty Surveys: see Notes 8 and 21 in text.

a

p < 0.05 for the comparison to 1985.

b

p < 0.05 for the comparison to 1995.

c

p< 0.05 for the comparison with the subgroup receiving no industry support.