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. 2020 Jan 3;9:e48774. doi: 10.7554/eLife.48774

Table 2. Median number of publications, publication rates, and journal impact factors by career-intention, gender, and underrepresentation.

Survey participants were asked to report the total number of publications in which they are listed as an author, the total number of first-author publications, and the highest impact factor of the journals in which they have published. First-author publication rate was calculated by dividing the number of first-author publications by the number of years since they started their PhD. Median values with the interquartile range are shown. **p<0.001, *p<0.01, #p<0.05.

Total no. of publications
N = 1282
No. of first-author publications
N = 1282
First-author
publication rate
N = 1270
Highest impact factor
N = 1275
Total
All 8.0 [5.0;12.0] 3.0 [2.0;5.0] 0.50 [0.27;0.82] 8.50 [4.94;13.2] 1284
Academic-bound 9.0 [5.0;13.0] 4.0 [2.0;6.0] 0.56 [0.33;1.01] 8.90 [4.90;14.0] 595
Nonacademic-bound 7.0 [4.0;10.0]** 3.0 [2.0;4.0]** 0.42 [0.23;0.68]** 8.29 [4.95;12.1] 657
Male 8.0 [5.0;13.0] 3.0 [2.0;6.0] 0.51 [0.29;0.92] 9.10 [5.00;13.9] 485
Female 7.0 [5.0;11.0]** 3.0 [2.0;5.0] 0.47 [0.26;0.77] 8.20 [4.72;12.8]# 774
Well-represented 8.0 [5.0;12.0] 3.0 [2.0;5.0] 0.51 [0.29;0.85] 8.82 [4.97;13.5] 1110
Underrepresented Minority 7.0 [4.0;10.0]* 2.0 [2.0;4.0]** 0.38 [0.22;0.70]* 6.57 [4.80;12.0]# 174