Description The number of authors per article in the subject area Chemical Engineering is 2.6 on average with a maximum of 15 authors. The mean number of coauthors is increasing by 0.3 per year in the respective time period (Figure 1). The articles in this analysis ( n = 1303) were cited 5.9 times on average with a maximum of 112 citations.
Description The number of authors per article in the subject area Arts and Humanities is 2.1 on average with a maximum of 8 authors. The mean number of coauthors is decreasing by 0.01 per year in the respective time period (Figure 1). The articles in this analysis ( n = 749) were cited 6.6 times on average with a maximum of 50 citations.
Description The number of authors per article in the subject area Computer Science is 4 on average with a maximum of 21 authors. The mean number of coauthors is increasing by 0.1 per year in the respective time period (Figure 1). The articles in this analysis ( n = 1558) were cited 11.4 times on average with a maximum of 199 citations.
Description The number of authors per article in the subject area Dentistry is 5.5 on average with a maximum of 25 authors. The mean number of coauthors is increasing by 0.04 per year in the respective time period (Figure 1). The articles in this analysis ( n = 1536) were cited 13.6 times on average with a maximum of 183 citations.
Description The number of authors per article in the subject area Immunology and Microbiology is 9.7 on average with a maximum of 83 authors.
Description The number of authors per article in the subject area Earth and Planetary Sciences is 8.7 on average with a maximum of 468 authors, which is the fourth highest number across all subject areas in our methodology (see below). The mean number of coauthors is increasing by 0.3 per year in the respective time period (Figure 1). The articles in this analysis ( n = 2818) were cited 23.4 times on average with
Description The number of authors per article in the subject area Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 5.2 on average with a maximum of 111 authors. The mean number of coauthors is increasing by 0.2 per year in the respective time period (Figure 1). The articles in this analysis ( n = 2710) were cited 8.9 times on average with a maximum of 479 citations.
Description The number of authors per article in the subject area Business, Management, and Accounting is 2.6 on average with a maximum of 8 authors. The mean number of coauthors is increasing by 0.1 per year in the respective time period (Figure 1). The articles in this analysis ( n = 999) were cited 10.5 times on average with a maximum of 138 citations.
Description The number of authors per article in the subject area Energy is 3.6 on average with a maximum of 11 authors. The mean number of coauthors is increasing by 0.3 per year in the respective time period (Figure 1). The articles in this analysis ( n = 1683) were cited 19.7 times on average with a maximum of 496 citations.
Description The number of authors per article in the subject area Medicine is 11 on average with a maximum of 1193 authors (Figure 1). Only Physics and Astronomy (Schmidt et al. 2017a) as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology (Schmidt et al. 2017a) have higher numbers regarding authors per article. The mean number of coauthors is increasing by 0.4 per year in the respective time period.