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

Table 5.

Median number of books per capita by discipline and degree.

Discipline
Until reaching PhD
Until reaching habilitation
Until reaching full professorship
Book Minimum 112 pages Minimum 112 foreign language pages Minimum 112 pages Minimum 112 foreign language pages Minimum 112 pages Minimum 112 foreign language pages
Agricultural sciences Person Valid 7 7 8 8 10 10
Missing 3 3 2 2 0 0
Median (pcs) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
Average value (pcs) 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 1.6 0.4
Humanities Person Valid 29 29 29 29 39 39
Missing 10 10 10 10 0 0
Median (pcs) 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 6.0 1.0
Average value (pcs) 0.8 0.2 4.7 0.9 7.5 2.1
Economics Person Valid 32 32 33 33 34 34
Missing 2 2 1 1 0 0
Median (pcs) 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 2.5 0.0
Average value (pcs) 0.5 0.1 3.2 0.5 4.3 0.9
Engineering sciences Person Valid 19 19 18 18 21 21
Missing 2 2 3 3 0 0
Median (pcs) 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Average value (pcs) 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.4 1.0 0.5
Arts Person Valid 31 31 31 31 36 36
Missing 5 5 5 5 0 0
Median (pcs) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Average value (pcs) 0.4 0.0 1.1 0.4 1.1 0.4
Medical and Health sciences Person Valid 65 65 59 59 69 69
Missing 4 4 10 10 0 0
Median (pcs) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Average value (pcs) 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.1
Psychological sciences Person Valid 11 11 10 10 11 11
Missing 0 0 1 1 0 0
Median (pcs) 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 2.0 0.0
Average value (pcs) 0.6 0.0 1.7 0.0 3.3 0.4
Social sciences Person Valid 47 47 45 45 50 50
Missing 3 3 5 5 0 0
Median (pcs) 1.0 0.0 6.0 1.0 7.0 1.0
Average value (pcs) 1.6 0.2 6.6 1.1 9.2 1.8
Natural sciences Person Valid 51 51 45 45 55 55
Missing 4 4 10 10 0 0
Median (pcs) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Average value (pcs) 0.1 0.0 1.1 0.3 1.4 0.4

Source: MTMT.