Table 3-21 (Continued) 



Physics 



Academic 50 57 62 62 66 70 68 66 61 72 



Industry 28 29 27 29 23 19 19 17 20 16 



Government 17 12 8 7 10 10 12 15 18 11 



Nonprofit 4 2 2 3 1 — (') 1 — — 



Other 1 — 1 — — 1 1 — (') — 



Political science 



Academic 81 85 84 85 89 90 93 83 82 91 



Industry — — 5 3 4 4 2 6 4 2 



Government 6 9 5 8 2 4 4 6 8 6 



Nonprofit 8—5 5—2—22 — 



Other 6 6 — — 4 2 2 4 6 2 



Psychology 



Academic 59 65 64 72 79 80 70 74 74 NA 



Industry 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 NA 



Government 7 12 6 7 7 7 6 5 5 NA 



Nonprofit 9 7 9 12 5 7 16 11 12 NA 



Other 21 14 19 8 8 5 6 7 7 NA 



Sociology 



Academic 63 64 66 83 82 86 86 86 83 90 



Industry 2 4 3 2 (') 1 2 2 1 1 



Government 4 7 6 2 4 3 4 3 4 3 



Nonprofit — 374542332 



Other 31 22 19 9 8 6 6 7 9 3 



' Less than 0.5 percent. 



SOURCE: National Federation ot Abstracting and Indexing Sen/ices, Indicators of the Output of Scientific Researcfi, 1974 (A study commissioned 

 specifically tor ttiis report and partially supported by ttie Office of Science Information Service of ttie National Science Foundation). 



Table 3-22a. Index of research publications 

 in universities and colleges, 1966-73 



Field 1966 1968 1970 1972 1973 



Biology 



Chemistry . . 

 Engineering 

 Mathematics 

 Physics 



SOURCE: National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Services. Indicators of the Output of Scientific Research, 

 1974 (A study commissioned specifically for this report and partially supported by the Office of Science Information 

 Service of the National Science Foundation) 



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