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. 2022 Mar 23;8(3):e09159. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09159

Table 2.

Median number of (co-) authors of articles Q1-Q4 for all publications by discipline and degree.

Stages/Discipline Median/Number Until reaching PhD After PhD until reaching habilitation After habilitation until reaching full professorship After reaching full professorship
Agricultural sciences Median number of (co-) authors 4 5 5 5
Number of authors 3 5 6 6
Number of publications 15 86 89 39
Humanities Median number of (co-) authors 1 1 1 1
Number of authors 5 10 16 9
Number of publications 9 60 93 16
Economics Median number of (co-) authors 1 2 4 5
Number of authors 4 20 21 18
Number of publications 4 87 66 48
Engineering sciences Median number of (co-) authors 3 3 3 3
Number of authors 7 17 14 15
Number of publications 23 296 91 74
Medical and Health sciences Median number of (co-) authors 6 7 8 8
Number of authors 42 53 55 49
Number of publications 417 1,570 1,152 567
Psychological sciences Median number of (co-) authors 4 4 4 5
Number of authors 5 10 9 10
Number of publications 24 170 283 144
Social sciences Median number of (co-) authors 2 1 1 1
Number of authors 2 16 11 7
Number of publications 4 44 20 12
Natural sciences Median number of (co-) authors 5 5 7 9
Number of authors 28 43 39 40
Number of publications 169 1,802 1,118 689

Source: MTMT.