Table 1 A detailed description of the demographic characteristics, employment and field of professional activity divided by the knowledge on predatory journals
All participants N = 291 | Knowledge of predatory journals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes N = 116 | No N = 175 | p-value | ||
Sex, n (%) | ||||
Male | 231 (79,4) | 95 (81,9) | 136 (77,7) | 0,768 |
Female | 54 (18,6) | 19 (16,4) | 35 (20,0) | |
N / A | 6 (2,0) | 2 (1,7) | 4 (2,3) | |
Age, years (± SD) | ||||
< 30 | 14 (4,8) | 8 (6,9) | 6 (3,4) | 0,558 |
30–40 | 79 (27,1) | 31 (26,7) | 48 (27,4) | |
41–50 | 67 (23,0) | 26 (22,4) | 41 (23,4) | |
51–60 | 82 (28,2) | 29 (25,0) | 53 (30,3) | |
> 60 | 49 (16,8) | 22 (19,0) | 27 (15,4) | |
Professional occupation, n (%) | ||||
Student | 8 (2,7) | 6 (5,2) | 2 (1,1) | 0,018 |
Resident | 41 (14,1) | 13 (11,2) | 28 (16,0) | |
Junior consultant | 16 (5,5) | 6 (5,2) | 10 (5,7) | |
Senior consultant | 93 (32,0) | 34 (29,3) | 59 (33,7) | |
Clinic director | 63 (21,6) | 27 (23,3) | 36 (20,6) | |
PPOTa | 33 (11,3) | 8 (6,9) | 25 (14,3) | |
Retired / Various | 37 (12,7) | 22 (19,6) | 15 (8,6) | |
Passed promotion, n (%) | ||||
Yes | 243 (83,5) | 103 (88,8) | 140 (80,0) | 0,048 |
No | 48 (16,5) | 13 (11,2) | 35 (20,0) | |
Passed habilitation, n (%) | ||||
Yes | 101 (34,7) | 62 (53,4) | 39 (22,3) | < 0,001 |
No | 190 (65,3) | 54 (46,6) | 136 (77,7) | |
Passed professorship, n (%) | ||||
Yes | 62 (21,3) | 44 (37,9) | 18 (10,3) | < 0,001 |
No | 229 (78,7) | 72 (62,1) | 157 (89,7) | |
Employer / Workplace, n (%) | ||||
Basic and standard care hospital | 51 (17,5) | 7 (6,0) | 44 (25,1) | < 0,001 |
University Hospital | 71 (24,4) | 45 (38,8) | 26 (14,9) | |
Teaching hospital | 95 (32,5) | 31 (26,7) | 63 (36,1) | |
Rehab Clinic | 8 (2,7) | 4 (3,4) | 4 (2,3) | |
Private practice | 31 (10,7) | 10 (8,6) | 21 (12,0) | |
Research / Laboratory | 18 (6,2) | 15 (12,9) | 3 (1,7) | |
Various | 18 (6,2) | 4 (3,4) | 14 (8,0) | |
Field of professional activity, n (%) | ||||
Orthopaedics | 60 (20,6) | 29 (25,0) | 31 (17,7) | 0,163 |
Trauma surgery | 66 (22,7) | 30 (25,9) | 36 (20,6) | |
Orthopaedics & trauma surgery | 140 (48,1) | 50 (43,1) | 90 (51,4) | |
Various | 25 (8,6) | 7 (6,0) | 18 (10,3) | |