Fig. 2: Predicted yearly number of articles depending on whether or not the researchers were treated (as PI or Co-PI) or not (no funding), given the researcher’s age group (left) and the research field (right). | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Fig. 2: Predicted yearly number of articles depending on whether or not the researchers were treated (as PI or Co-PI) or not (no funding), given the researcher’s age group (left) and the research field (right).

From: The value of research funding for knowledge creation and dissemination: A study of SNSF Research Grants

Fig. 2

To predict the article count the baseline confounding variables were fixed to Year 2015–19, Male, Evaluation Score Score AB-A, University, LS in the age interaction model and age lower to 45 for the field interaction model. We see a significant positive percentage change of 18% for the youngest age group among PIs (<45) and 115% for the most senior researchers (>65) compared to no SNSF funding. Additionally, the effect of funding is largest for STEM researchers (23% more articles as PI compared to unfunded researchers. The effect in LS and SSH is less prominent, +15% and +12%, respectively.

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