Table 2 Characteristics of survey participants
Male (%) | 53 |
Age (years (sd)) | 53 (12.7) |
Region (%) | |
Western Europe | 31 |
North America | 28 |
South America | 20 |
Asia | 7 |
Eastern Europe | 5 |
Africa | 5 |
Australia/New Zealand/Pacific | 4 |
Setting (%) | |
University or university medical center | 70 |
Non-profit research institute | 8 |
For-profit research institute | 2 |
Funding organization | 2 |
Government | 7 |
Academic publisher | 5 |
Other | 6 |
Job title (%) | |
Full professor | 25 |
Associate professor | 12 |
Assistant professor | 7 |
PhD student | 7 |
Postdoc | 1 |
Policy maker/policy advisor | 14 |
Administrator | 7 |
Other | 27 |
Disciplinary field (%) | |
Biomedical sciences | 58 |
Social sciences | 19 |
Natural sciences | 15 |
Humanities | 8 |
Holds PhD degree (%) | 68 |
Years since PhD degree (sd) | 23 (13.0) |