Table 2.

Observed and expected bioRxiv preprint depositions by macro-area of affiliation of the corresponding authors (July 2020–May 2021 data)

	Observed	Expected	Variation (%)	95% confidence interval*
Europe	17,264	20,031	− 13.8	[− 16.3%; + 17.2%]
North America	19,269	21,896	− 12.0	[− 14.4%; + 18.1%]
Far East	5684	6313	− 10.0	[− 30.0%; + 50.9%]
World	37,532	44,278	− 15.2	[− 10.8%; + 19.1%]

*Such interval represents the max–min variation between observed and expected values, taking into account the tails’ cut (α = 0.05)