Table 2 Summary statistics of gun violence publications by research discipline, 1981–2018
Research discipline | Mean | STD | Min | Q1 | Q3 | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of total publications | ||||||
Clinical sciences | 33,251.84 | 10,962.44 | 18,523.00 | 23,957.75 | 42,096.75 | 51,939.00 |
Life sciences | 46,820.47 | 15,772.21 | 25,186.00 | 32,982.00 | 59,231.75 | 73,430.00 |
Social behavior sciences | 38,584.76 | 14,907.55 | 25,367.00 | 27,526.75 | 50,894.75 | 70,257.00 |
Combined | 118,657.08 | 41,250.54 | 69,076.00 | 84,534.50 | 152,223.25 | 195,626.00 |
Number of gun violence publications | ||||||
Clinical sciences | 11.79 | 10.90 | 0.00 | 3.25 | 17.75 | 53.00 |
Life sciences | 14.13 | 13.12 | 0.00 | 5.50 | 17.75 | 56.00 |
Social behavior sciences | 21.37 | 16.46 | 3.00 | 9.00 | 29.25 | 77.00 |
Combined | 42.55 | 35.39 | 4.00 | 16.00 | 53.00 | 160.00 |
Crude publication ratio (per 100,000 publications) | ||||||
Clinical sciences | 30.97 | 23.10 | 0.00 | 12.15 | 43.86 | 103.12 |
Life sciences | 26.14 | 18.79 | 0.00 | 13.08 | 35.64 | 77.71 |
Social behavior sciences | 51.68 | 29.07 | 11.17 | 28.04 | 65.10 | 121.02 |
Combined | 32.03 | 19.24 | 4.99 | 18.15 | 46.68 | 85.53 |