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Table 2 Descriptive statistics

From: The role of highly intercited papers on scientific impact: the Mexican case

Variable

Statistic

All

Female

Male

Citations

Mean

602.2

522.7

642.3

Std

877.8

623.0

979.3

Third-party citations

Mean

463.1

420.1

484.8

Std

662.7

540.4

715.7

Collaborator citations

Mean

86.6

67.5

96.2

Std

187.6

86.7

221.1

Self-citations

Mean

52.6

35.1

61.4

Std

97.0

51.3

112.2

No. of publications

Mean

42.5

33.4

47.1

Std

36.9

23.0

41.5

k-max

Mean

3.6

3.4

3.7

Std

1.8

1.6

1.9

Rank of affiliation institution

Mean

8,964.7

8,763.7

9,066.1

Std

1,628.0

1,567.4

1,649.0

Career length

Mean

19.0

17.8

19.5

Std

7.9

6.9

8.2

Avg. co-authors per paper

Mean

6.3

6.2

6.3

Std

30.0

10.1

36.0