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. 2015 Feb 19;10(2):e0117727. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117727

Table 3. Variable descriptions.

Variable Description
Dependent variables IMPACT_FACTOR Journal impact factor of the article
CITATION Number of citations as of December 2010
Grant sponsorship FUNDED 1 if article acknowledged funding award support; 0 if not
FUNDERS Number of funding sources reported in the article
FUNDERS2 Squared term of FUNDERS
FUND_COUNTRIES Number of funding countries reported in the article
FUND_COUNTRIES2 Squared term of FUND-COUNTRIES
EU_FUND 1 if article acknowledged funding support from European Union (EU) programs; 0 if not
US_FUND 1 if article acknowledged funding support from the US; 0 if not
CHINA_FUND 1 if article acknowledged funding support from China; 0 if not
GERMANY_FUND 1 if article acknowledged funding support from Germany; 0 if not
JAPAN_FUND 1 if article acknowledged funding support from Japan; 0 if not
Articles ARTICLE_AGE Age of the article as of December 2010 (in months)
STAR_SCIENTIST 1 if at least one author is highly cited in 2000–2007; 0 if not
AUTHORS Number of authors contributing to the article
AUTHORS2 Squared term of AUTHORS
Authoraffiliations ACADEMIC 1 if one author affiliation is university; 0 if not
CORPORATE 1 if one author affiliation is industry; 0 if not
GOVLAB 1 if one author affiliation is a government laboratory or public research center; 0 if not
HOSPITAL 1 if one author affiliation is hospital; 0 if not
AFFILIATIONS Number of author affiliations in the article
AFFILIATIONS2 Squared term of AFFILIATIONS
Author countries US_AUTH 1 if one author country is the US; 0 if not
CHINA_AUTH 1 if one author country is China; 0 if not
GERMANY_AUTH 1 if one author country is Germany; 0 if not
JAPAN_AUTH 1 if one author country is Japan; 0 if not
AUTH_COUNTRIES Number of countries in author affiliations
AUTH_COUNTRIES2 Squared term of AUTH-COUNTRIES
Field dummies MULTIMATERIAL 1 if one subject category is multimaterial; 0 if not
PHYSCHEM 1 if one subject category is physical chemistry; 0 if not
APPLIEDPHYS 1 if one subject category is applied physics; 0 if not
MULTICHEM 1 if one subject category is multichemistry; 0 if not
NANO 1 if one subject category is nanoscience/nanotechnology; 0 if not
CONDENSPHYS 1 if one subject category is condensed physics; 0 if not
POLYMER 1 if one subject category is polymer science; 0 if not
ATOMICPHYS 1 if one subject category is atomic physics; 0 if not
MULTIPHYSICS 1 if one subject category is multiphysics; 0 if not
ELECTROCHEM 1 if one subject category is electronic chemistry; 0 if not
ANALYTICALCHEM 1 if one subject category is analytical chemistry; 0 if not
BIOCHEMMOLEC 1 if one subject category is biochemical molecule; 0 if not
INORGANICCHEM 1 if one subject category is inorganic chemistry; 0 if not
METALLURGY 1 if one subject category is metallurgy; 0 if not
COATINGS 1 if one subject category is coatings; 0 if not
OPTICS 1 if one subject category is optics; 0 if not