Table 2 Effects of demographic variables on the index of publicationism for the reduced data set restricted to participants from the United States and Germany

From: “Publicationism” and scientists’ satisfaction depend on gender, career stage and the wider academic system

Explanatory variable

Parameter estimates (± SE)

Significance

Intercept

8.03±2.79

 

Country

1.21±0.27

F 1,467 =33.67; p<0.001

Gender

−9.05±3.75

F 1,467 =20.25; p<0.001

Age*

−1.13±0.51

F 1,467 =8.364; p=0.004

Employer

−4.35±2.82

F1,467=2.202; p=0.138

Country:Gender

 

(F1,465=0.004; p=0.949)5

Country:Age*

 

(F1,466=1.749; p=0.187)6

Gender:Age*

1.69±0.68

F1,467=2.036; p=0.154

Country:Employer

−1.02±0.27

F 1,467 =9.425; p=0.002

Gender:Employer

8.14±3.83

F1,467=0.003; p=0.955

Age*:Employer

0.88±0.51

F1,467=0.056; p=0.813

Country:Gender:Age*

 

(F1,462=0.067; p=0.796)2

Country:Gender:Employer

 

(F1,463=0.129; p=0.720)3

Country:Age*:Employer

 

(F1,464=1.134; p=0.288)4

Gender:Age*:Employer

−1.48±0.69

F 1,467 =4.581; p=0.033

Country:Gender:Age*:Employer

 

(F1,461=0.379; p=0.538)1

  1. * log2 transformed.
  2. Terms in parenthesis have been removed from the model in the order given by the superscripts. Terms shown in bold are significant in the minimum adequate model. For all terms contained in the minimum adequate model parameter estimates together with their standard errors are given.
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