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ENHANCING THE POSTDOCTORAL EXPERIENCE FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS: A Guide for Postdoctoral Scholars, Advisers, Institutions, Funding Organizations, and Disciplinary Societies
The following is a brief description of the assumptions and restrictions used to extract information from the individual data files.
SURVEY OF EARNED DOCTORATES (SED) (1920-1998)
The specialties list used in the SED for identifying doctoral fields in Science and Engineering (S&E) consists of the following major categories:
Agricultural Sciences
Biological Sciences
Health Sciences
Engineering
Computer and Information Sciences
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Astronomy
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
Chemistry
Geological & Related Sciences
Physics
Psychology
Miscellaneous Physical Sciences
Social Sciences
For the purpose of this guide these names were used to identify fields or they were combined as follows:
Life Sciences (Agricultural Sciences, Biological Sciences, Health Sciences)
Engineering
Mathematical Sciences (Computer and Information Sciences, Mathematics)
Earth, Atmospheric, and Ocean Sciences (Atmospheric Sciences and
Physics and Astronomy (Physics, Astronomy) Meteorology, Geological & Related Sciences, Miscellaneous Physical Sciences [except Other Physical Sciences])
Chemistry
Social and Behavioral Sciences (Psychology, Social Sciences)
All doctorates were selected independent of citizenship in determining the number of doctorates by field and in identifying postdoctoral plans in Table B-11. Only those doctorates who indicated that they have accepted a postdoctoral position or are negotiating with a specific organization were selected.
