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 |