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. 2021 Feb 11;16(2):e0243664. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243664

Table 3. Reported weekly hours of work for respondents who declared working full time.

Position N Average time Median Min Max
PhD student 40 (39) 46.30 (46.72) 45 (45) 30 (38) 60
Post-doctoral / Non-tenure track position 27 46.59 46 40 70
Tenure-track researcher / Professor 9 (8) 48.00 (54.00) 50 (55) 0 (42) 65
Tenured researcher / Full professor 8 (7) 51.13 (57.29) 54.50 (59) 8 (42) 80
Researcher in the past, but moved to another career 4 48.75 49 46 51
Other 5 43.40 45 36 51
Total N 93 (90) Overall average 46.91 (48.06) Overall median 46 (46.5) Overall min. 0 (36) Overall max. 80 (80)

Note: Numbers in parentheses exclude three answers which were not above 30h per week (i.e., 0, 8, and 30). We deemed that these answers may be outliers since respondents confirmed being employed full time as researchers, and thus the answers reflect a misunderstanding with our interpretation of full time research employment.