Table 2 Descriptive statistics.

Multidisciplinary Frequency

84,910

0.494

0.676

0

2

 0 = No Transitions in Discipline

51,740

60.94

 1 = Transitioned Discipline Once

24,376

28.71

 2 = Transitioned Discipline Twice

8794

10.36

Temporal Multidisciplinary Shifts

84,910

0.600

1.024

0

3

 0 = No transition in discipline

51,740

60.94

 1 = the undergraduate to graduate stage

12,667

14.92

 2 = the graduate to placement stage

11,709

13.79

 3 = Transitioned in both stages

8794

10.36

Hard-Soft

84,910

0.0358

0.186

0

1

 0 = No

81,867

96.42

 1 = Yes

3043

3.58

Pure-Applied

84,910

0.101

0.302

0

1

 0 = No

76,323

89.89

 1 = Yes

8587

10.11

Nonlife-Life

84,910

0.0822

0.275

0

1

 0 = No

77,928

91.78

 1 = Yes

6982

8.22

Soft-Hard

84,910

0.0400

0.196

0

1

 0 = No

81,516

96.00

 1 = Yes

3394

4.00

Applied-Pure

84,910

0.0359

0.186

0

1

 0 = No

81,862

96.41

 1 = Yes

3048

3.59

Life-Nonlife

84,910

0.0260

0.159

0

1

 0 = No

82,702

97.40

 1 = Yes

2208

2.60

Hard-Soft

84,910

0.0677

0.251

0

1

 0 = No

79,165

93.23

 1 = Yes

5745

6.77

Pure-Applied

84,910

0.169

0.375

0

1

 0 = No

70,547

83.08

 1 = Yes

14,363

16.92

Nonlife-Life

84,910

0.158

0.365

0

1

 0 = No

71,493

84.20

 1 = Yes

13,417

15.80

Soft-Hard

84,910

0.0752

0.264

0

1

 0 = No

78,523

92.48

 1 = Yes

6387

7.52

Applied-Pure

84,910

0.0665

0.249

0

1

 0 = No

79,266

93.35

 1 = Yes

5644

6.65

Life-Nonlife

84,910

0.0499

0.218

0

1

Placement of University Faculty

84,910

259.5

276.9

1

989

Upward Mobility in Placement Compared to Undergraduate

40,348

0.410

0.492

0

1

 0 = No

23,810

59.01

 1 = Yes

16,538

40.99

Upward Mobility in Placement Compared to Graduate

67,987

0.350

0.477

0

1

 0 = No

44,213

65.03

 1 = Yes

23,774

34.97

Gender

60,430

0.599

0.490

0

1

 0 = Female

24,205

40.05

 1 = Male

36,225

59.95

Title

84,910

2.300

1.159

1

4

 0 = Full professors

31,276

36.83

 1 = Associate professors

13,718

16.16

 2 = Assistant professors and lecturers

23,064

27.16

 3 = Postdoctoral and other personnel

16,852

19.85

Academic Inbreeding

84,910

0.228

0.419

0

1

 0 = No

65,575

77.23

 1 = Yes

19,335

22.77

Country

84,910

5.943

11.79

1

50

 United States

65,884

77.59

 Canada

2561

3.02

 Australia

4198

4.94

 New Zealand

2302

2.71

 United Kingdom

9535

11.23

 Singapore

430

0.51

International Mobility

84,910

0.251

0.434

0

1

 0 = No

63,561

74.86

 1 = Yes

21,349

25.14

 Total publications

84,910

30.87

44.57

0

212

 Total citations

52,051

1071

1143

4

7,108

Academic Influence

52,051

12.44

6.521

1

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