Table 2.

Productivity versus Promotion length from assistant professors to associate professors.

	Promotion length≤5 years (n = 15)	Promotion length>5 years (n = 14)	Mann-Whitney U test
Total publication at hiring	12 (IQR 7–26)	6.5 (IQR 1.8–10.0)	P = 0.003∗
Total citation at hiring	258.0 (IQR 172.0–1486.0)	155.0 (IQR 16.5–350.8)	P = 0.134
H-index at hiring	8.0 (IQR 5.0–12.0)	4.5 (IQR 1.0–8.0)	P = 0.020∗
Total publication at promotion	38.0 (IQR 17.0–68.0)	27.5 (IQR 16.5–42.0)	P = 0.400
Total citation at promotion	503.0 (IQR 273.0–1487.0)	501.5 (IQR 282.0–1047.0)	P = 0.983
H-index at promotion	11.0 (IQR 9.0–20.0)	11.5 (IQR 8.25–18.0)	P = 0.983

^∗Indicates statistically significant.