Table 1. 
Overview of the 10 most common ASJC dominant descriptors of German scientists who were internationally mobile between 2014 and 2015 in relation to all German scientists publishing between 2012 and 2017. The last column shows the average number of coauthors of mobile scientists.
ASJC dominant descriptorNo. of German scientists in 2012–2017No. of mobile scientistsShare (%)Average no. of coauthors of mobile scientists
Medicine 35,108 826 2.35 146 
Physics and Astronomy 17,631 461 2.61 116 
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 15,547 368 2.37 156 
Chemistry 16,964 248 1.46 80 
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14,364 211 1.47 99 
Materials Science 12,504 194 1.55 86 
Computer Science 11,727 192 1.64 40 
Engineering 10,388 181 1.74 60 
Neuroscience 6,311 144 2.28 146 
Earth and Planetary Sciences 5,168 112 2.17 90 
Total 145,712 2,937 2.02   
ASJC dominant descriptorNo. of German scientists in 2012–2017No. of mobile scientistsShare (%)Average no. of coauthors of mobile scientists
Medicine 35,108 826 2.35 146 
Physics and Astronomy 17,631 461 2.61 116 
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 15,547 368 2.37 156 
Chemistry 16,964 248 1.46 80 
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14,364 211 1.47 99 
Materials Science 12,504 194 1.55 86 
Computer Science 11,727 192 1.64 40 
Engineering 10,388 181 1.74 60 
Neuroscience 6,311 144 2.28 146 
Earth and Planetary Sciences 5,168 112 2.17 90 
Total 145,712 2,937 2.02   
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