Respondent characteristics for those completing at least some of the questionnaire (n=4043)
| Characteristic | All respondents (n=4043) |
| Median (25th, 75th) age in years (n) | 44 (37, 52) n=3214 |
| Sex, n (%) | |
| Male | 2030 (50.2%) |
| Female | 1202 (29.7%) |
| Missing | 811 (20.1%) |
| Previous experience in an editorial role, n (%) | |
| No | 2168 (53.6%) |
| Yes | 1073 (26.5%) |
| Missing | 802 (19.8%) |
| First (main language), n (%) | |
| English | 1250 (30.9%) |
| Other | 1915 (47.4%) |
| Missing | 878 (21.7%) |
| Years of research experience | |
| 1 to 2 years | 148 (3.6%)* |
| 3 to 5 years | 106 (2.6%) |
| 6 to 10 years | 587 (14.5%) |
| 11 to 15 years | 802 (19.8%) |
| 16 to 20 years | 591 (14.6%) |
| 21 to 25 years | 421 (10.4%) |
| 26 to 30 years | 298 (7.4%) |
| >30 years | 212 (5.2%) |
| Missing | 878 (21.7%) |
| Median (25th, 75th) no of peer reviews conducted annually (n) | 5 (2, 10) (n=3258) |
| Median (25th, 75th) no of papers published (n) | 30 (10, 70) (n=3271) |
Not all percentages sum to 100% due to rounding. Figures are numbers (%) unless indicated otherwise.
*Due to a computer coding mistake, this value was stored with missing values and was imputed using deterministic methods (ie, the value was deduced by examining the other responses).