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Table 3 Sample: basic statistics of consortia (N = 100) and Researchers (N = 364)

From: Sustaining medical research – the role of trust and control

Item

Variable

 

Median

Consortia

Number of researchers in consortium

20.62

Number of different disciplines in consortium

4.81

Interdisciplinarity index (0 = all same discipline)

0.41

Share of professions [%]

Medicine

42

Natural Science

32

Social Science

25

Number of different locations

4.43

Current duration of consortium [years]

3.67

Expected future duration of consortium [years]

1.21

Total duration of consortium [years]

4.88

Individual Researchers

Age-set of researchers

18–27 years

8.9%

28–37 years

35.4%

28–47 years

28.4%

48–57 years

21.2%

58–67 years

5.0%

58–77 years

1.1%

Highest Education

O-Level

1.4%

A-Level

2.2%

Bachelor

3.4%

Master

37.3%

PhD

30.3%

Habilitation/ Junior Professor

5.0%

Professor

20.4%

Personnel responsibility

49.2%

Experience with interdisciplinary collaboration

No experience

33.9%

1–5 years

30.2%

6–10 years

19.1%

11–15 years

9.0%

16–20 years

5.2%

 > 20 years

2.6%