Journal
Elife
Publication Date
6-12-2020
Volume
9
First Page
e54097
Document Type
Open Access Publication
DOI
10.7554/eLife.54097
Rights and Permissions
Fernandes JD, Sarabipour S, Smith CT, et al. A survey-based analysis of the academic job market. Elife. 2020;9:e54097. Published 2020 Jun 12. doi:10.7554/eLife.54097.© 2020, Fernandes et al. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
Recommended Citation
Fernandes, Jason D.; Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Smith, Christopher T.; Niemi, Natalie M.; Jadavji, Nafisa M.; Kozik, Ariangela J.; Holehouse, Alex S.; Pejaver, Vikas; Symmons, Orsolya; Bisson Filho, Alexandre W.; and Haage, Amanda, "A survey-based analysis of the academic job market." Elife. 9, e54097 (2020).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/open_access_pubs/9354
elife-54097-supp1-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Common online resources for finding academic jobs.
elife-54097-supp2-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Applicants by field of research and gender.
elife-54097-supp3-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Applicant demographics: country of research origin (applicant location).
elife-54097-supp4-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Country to which faculty application was made (job location).
elife-54097-supp5-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Current research/academic position for all applicants.
elife-54097-supp6-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Postdoctoral training times for all applicants.
elife-54097-supp7-v2.xlsx (16 kB)
Summary of the statistical analysis in this paper.
elife-54097-supp8-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Applicant demographics: applicants with first or multiple postdoctoral position.
elife-54097-supp9-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Scholarly metrics for all applicants.
elife-54097-supp10-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Scholarly metrics for applicants in the life/biomedical sciences.
elife-54097-supp11-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Responses on Cell/Nature/Science or “CNS” journal publications for all applicants.
elife-54097-supp12-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Responses on Cell/Nature/Science or “CNS” journal publications from applicants in the life/biomedical sciences.
elife-54097-supp13-v2.xlsx (11 kB)
Fellowships and funding
elife-54097-supp14-v2.xlsx (11 kB)
Responses about preprints.
elife-54097-supp15-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Twitter poll: number of offers current faculty received.
elife-54097-supp16-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Applicants who also applied to non-faculty jobs.
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Themes from job applicant survey written responses to helped your application.
elife-54097-supp18-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Themes from written responses to question about obstacles.
elife-54097-supp19-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Application statistics.
elife-54097-supp20-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Career transition awards.
elife-54097-supp21-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Responses on patenting.
elife-54097-supp22-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Use of resources that offered information about the application process.
elife-54097-supp23-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Responses to “Why did you find the Future PI Google Sheet helpful?”.
elife-54097-supp24-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Logistic regression with stepwise variable selection analysis on the survey data.
elife-54097-supp25-v2.xlsx (11 kB)
Logistic regression with stepwise variable selection analysis on survey data of applicants from only the life sciences applicants.
elife-54097-supp26-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Applicants by their application type (R1 Universities, PUIs or both) and gender.
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Teaching experience.
elife-54097-supp28-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Themes from responses to question about teaching experiences beyond being a teaching assistant.
elife-54097-supp29-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Frequency of job applicant comments who received an offer.
elife-54097-supp30-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Applicant demographics: number of times (cycles/years) that the candidates had applied for faculty positions.
elife-54097-supp31-v2.xlsx (11 kB)
General perceptions of the application process.
elife-54097-supp32-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Search committee survey: other comments.
elife-54097-supp33-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Search committee survey: statistics.
elife-54097-supp34-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Search committee survey: demographics.
elife-54097-supp35-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Search committee survey: preprints.
elife-54097-supp36-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Search committee survey: perceptions of the job market.
elife-54097-supp37-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Search committee survey: weighting given to various aspects of an application.
elife-54097-supp38-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Search committee survey: responses to the question “What information do you wish more candidates knew when they submitted their application?”.
elife-54097-supp39-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Search committee survey: changes in the search process.
elife-54097-supp40-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Applicant survey: scholarly metrics by gender with breakdown by offer status.
elife-54097-supp41-v2.docx (16 kB)
The job applicant survey.
elife-54097-supp42-v2.docx (15 kB)
The search committee survey.
Transparent reporting form.docx (247 kB)
Figures and Figure Supplement.pdf (8464 kB)
Common online resources for finding academic jobs.
elife-54097-supp2-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Applicants by field of research and gender.
elife-54097-supp3-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Applicant demographics: country of research origin (applicant location).
elife-54097-supp4-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Country to which faculty application was made (job location).
elife-54097-supp5-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Current research/academic position for all applicants.
elife-54097-supp6-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Postdoctoral training times for all applicants.
elife-54097-supp7-v2.xlsx (16 kB)
Summary of the statistical analysis in this paper.
elife-54097-supp8-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Applicant demographics: applicants with first or multiple postdoctoral position.
elife-54097-supp9-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Scholarly metrics for all applicants.
elife-54097-supp10-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Scholarly metrics for applicants in the life/biomedical sciences.
elife-54097-supp11-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Responses on Cell/Nature/Science or “CNS” journal publications for all applicants.
elife-54097-supp12-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Responses on Cell/Nature/Science or “CNS” journal publications from applicants in the life/biomedical sciences.
elife-54097-supp13-v2.xlsx (11 kB)
Fellowships and funding
elife-54097-supp14-v2.xlsx (11 kB)
Responses about preprints.
elife-54097-supp15-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Twitter poll: number of offers current faculty received.
elife-54097-supp16-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Applicants who also applied to non-faculty jobs.
elife-54097-supp17-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Themes from job applicant survey written responses to helped your application.
elife-54097-supp18-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Themes from written responses to question about obstacles.
elife-54097-supp19-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Application statistics.
elife-54097-supp20-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Career transition awards.
elife-54097-supp21-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Responses on patenting.
elife-54097-supp22-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Use of resources that offered information about the application process.
elife-54097-supp23-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Responses to “Why did you find the Future PI Google Sheet helpful?”.
elife-54097-supp24-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Logistic regression with stepwise variable selection analysis on the survey data.
elife-54097-supp25-v2.xlsx (11 kB)
Logistic regression with stepwise variable selection analysis on survey data of applicants from only the life sciences applicants.
elife-54097-supp26-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Applicants by their application type (R1 Universities, PUIs or both) and gender.
elife-54097-supp27-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Teaching experience.
elife-54097-supp28-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Themes from responses to question about teaching experiences beyond being a teaching assistant.
elife-54097-supp29-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Frequency of job applicant comments who received an offer.
elife-54097-supp30-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Applicant demographics: number of times (cycles/years) that the candidates had applied for faculty positions.
elife-54097-supp31-v2.xlsx (11 kB)
General perceptions of the application process.
elife-54097-supp32-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Search committee survey: other comments.
elife-54097-supp33-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Search committee survey: statistics.
elife-54097-supp34-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Search committee survey: demographics.
elife-54097-supp35-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Search committee survey: preprints.
elife-54097-supp36-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Search committee survey: perceptions of the job market.
elife-54097-supp37-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Search committee survey: weighting given to various aspects of an application.
elife-54097-supp38-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Search committee survey: responses to the question “What information do you wish more candidates knew when they submitted their application?”.
elife-54097-supp39-v2.xlsx (9 kB)
Search committee survey: changes in the search process.
elife-54097-supp40-v2.xlsx (10 kB)
Applicant survey: scholarly metrics by gender with breakdown by offer status.
elife-54097-supp41-v2.docx (16 kB)
The job applicant survey.
elife-54097-supp42-v2.docx (15 kB)
The search committee survey.
Transparent reporting form.docx (247 kB)
Figures and Figure Supplement.pdf (8464 kB)
