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

Table 4. Percent of the population of scholars who have published at least one journal article or book in the 5-year period preceding in 2011 and 2019.

Discipline 2011% scholars with an article 2019% scholars with an article 2011–2019 change in article participation p < 0.05 2011% scholars with a book 2019% scholars with a book 2011–2019 change in book participation p < 0.05
Anthropology 83.1% 87.9% 4.8% * 42.3% 37.5% -4.8% *
Criminal Justice and Criminology 79.3% 86.7% 7.5% * 38.6% 29.7% -8.9% *
Economics 83.0% 87.5% 4.6% * 19.4% 12.5% -6.9% *
Educational Psychology 84.9% 90.7% 5.8% * 26.7% 24.3% -2.5%
Geography 88.5% 92.7% 4.2% * 27.7% 21.8% -5.9% *
International Affairs and Development 81.0% 83.7% 2.8% 51.2% 44.8% -6.4% *
Political Science 81.3% 86.0% 4.8% * 47.6% 42.6% -5.0% *
Psychology 90.4% 93.3% 2.9% * 22.0% 17.0% -4.9% *
Public Administration 79.1% 85.3% 6.2% * 32.5% 29.5% -3.0%
Public Policy 83.5% 87.0% 3.5% * 34.0% 29.6% -4.4% *
Social Work/Social Welfare 79.3% 87.7% 8.3% * 22.3% 17.5% -4.8% *
Sociology 84.8% 88.3% 3.5% * 36.8% 32.9% -3.8% *

P-value is from Chi-squared test for difference in proportions who have published in the two years.