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Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the United States
TABLE 35 Number of Articles and Papers Authored Between April 1990 and April 1995 by Science and Engineering Ph.D.s, by Field of Doctorate and Employment Sector, 1995 (in percent)
Total Number of Articles
Total Number of Papers
Field of Doctorate and Employment Sector
Total Number Employed
None
1-2
3-5
6-10
More Than 10
Mean No. of Articles
None
1-2
3-5
6-10
More Than 10
Mean No. of Papers
Total
484,800
37.1
19.7
18.0
12.8
12.4
4.7
26.7
16.8
21.7
17.6
17.1
6.4
Field of Doctorate
Computer Sciences
6,400
32.6
25.3
22.6
10.5
8.9
3.6
13.9
20.2
21.7
18.7
25.5
8.4
Mathematical Sciences
22,800
37.9
22.3
17.1
13.3
9.4
4.0
32.8
18.9
23.9
14.2
10.2
4.4
Chemistry
52,500
41.6
18.9
17.2
10.8
11.6
4.6
33.8
19.5
21.9
13.3
11.4
4.9
Physics and Astronomy
34,400
33.3
16.9
15.8
14.6
19.5
6.7
25.2
14.2
21.0
18.9
20.7
7.8
Earth/Atmospheric/Marine Sciences
14,400
23.3
20.9
21.7
18.9
15.2
5.6
14.7
12.2
24.1
23.9
25.2
8.6
Agricultural/Environmental Sciences
19,300
33.9
18.6
17.7
15.1
14.7
4.9
23.5
15.3
19.3
20.8
21.1
7.5
Biological Sciences
97,400
22.4
17.5
21.5
18.0
20.7
7.0
19.2
15.3
23.8
19.9
21.7
7.7
Health Sciences
15,500
26.6
23.9
20.5
14.1
14.8
5.4
18.0
15.5
21.4
21.8
23.2
8.3
Social Sciences
67,600
40.9
22.1
19.6
11.0
6.4
3.1
23.7
16.7
25.2
20.8
13.6
5.5
Psychology
75,800
56.1
17.2
11.9
7.7
7.0
2.8
42.1
16.9
16.1
12.4
12.5
4.7
Engineering
78,600
37.9
22.3
18.4
11.8
9.7
4.1
23.8
18.5
21.1
17.6
18.9
7.1
Employment Sector *
Educational Institution
234,900
22.3
19.0
21.6
18.2
18.9
6.7
15.1
14.6
23.2
22.4
24.8
8.8
Private For-Profit Company
146,700
52.1
21.6
14.7
7.2
4.4
2.4
38.1
20.8
21.2
12.1
7.8
3.9
Self-Employed
28,600
71.7
15.3
8.4
2.5
2.0
1.1
58.8
16.8
13.5
6.5
4.5
2.4
Private Not-for-Profit Organization
23,800
42.3
20.5
16.1
9.9
11.1
4.4
31.4
15.3
22.3
16.4
14.7
6.3
Government
48,000
39.6
18.7
17.1
11.9
12.6
4.4
27.6
16.0
20.3
18.7
17.5
3.9
* Those reporting "other" types of employers are not included.
SOURCE: National Research Council/National Science Foundation, Survey of Doctorate Recipients, 1995.
