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. 2022 Feb 3;17(2):e0263410. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263410

Table 2. Faculty, article (5-year count), and book (5-year count) totals and ratios in 2011 and 2019.

Discipline Year Faculty Count Article Count (5yr) Articles (5yr) per Person Articles per person % change Book Count (5yr) Books (5yr) per Person Books per person % change Books per Article (5yr) Books per article % change
Anthropology 2011 2,788 11,486 4.12 2,108 0.76 0.18
2019 2,886 15,939 5.52 34% 1,721 0.60 -21% 0.11 -41%
Criminal Justice and Criminology 2011 1,081 5,095 4.71 901 0.83 0.18
2019 1,139 7,427 6.52 38% 684 0.60 -28% 0.09 -48%
Economics 2011 4,318 22,715 5.26 1,982 0.46 0.09
2019 4,492 24,310 5.41 3% 1,117 0.25 -46% 0.05 -47%
Educational Psychology 2011 1,148 6,098 5.31 540 0.47 0.09
2019 1,134 9,852 8.69 64% 460 0.41 -14% 0.05 -47%
Geography 2011 1,502 10,277 6.84 767 0.51 0.07
2019 1,558 16,395 10.52 54% 560 0.36 -30% 0.03 -54%
International Affairs and Development 2011 1,030 4,797 4.66 1,266 1.23 0.26
2019 1,433 7,403 5.17 11% 1,266 0.88 -28% 0.17 -35%
Political Science 2011 4,233 15,918 3.76 4,128 0.98 0.26
2019 4,295 19,861 4.62 23% 3,221 0.75 -23% 0.16 -37%
Psychology 2011 6,087 59,739 9.81 2,541 0.42 0.04
2019 6,537 85,755 13.12 34% 1,894 0.29 -31% 0.02 -48%
Public Administration 2011 1,006 5,238 5.21 686 0.68 0.13
2019 1,230 8,084 6.57 26% 735 0.60 -12% 0.09 -31%
Public Policy 2011 1,650 11,644 7.06 1,236 0.75 0.11
2019 1,816 15,760 8.68 23% 1,066 0.59 -22% 0.07 -36%
Social Work/Social Welfare 2011 2,104 9,827 4.67 830 0.39 0.08
2019 2,269 17,012 7.50 61% 655 0.29 -27% 0.04 -54%
Sociology 2011 3,300 14,767 4.47 2,428 0.74 0.16
  2019 3,398 20,544 6.05 35% 1,930 0.57 -23% 0.09 -43%