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Table 2. 
Comparison of the share of knowledge transmitters (KT) among the internationally mobile scientists and the nonmobile scientists according to scientific research field
ASJC descriptorInternationally mobile scientists (n = 2,937)Nonmobile scientists (sample of n = 3,000)
No. of KTShare of KT (%)No. of KTShare of KT (%)
Medicine 351 42.5 219 26.2 
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 127 34.5 103 25.3 
Physics and Astronomy 124 26.9 67 20.9 
Chemistry 86 34.7 51 17.4 
Neuroscience 65 45.1 43 27.0 
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 55 26.1 38 13.3 
Earth and Planetary Sciences 54 48.2 38 27.3 
Materials Science 48 24.7 35 15.2 
Computer Science 41 21.4 19 11.7 
Engineering 38 21.0 21 12.6 
ASJC descriptorInternationally mobile scientists (n = 2,937)Nonmobile scientists (sample of n = 3,000)
No. of KTShare of KT (%)No. of KTShare of KT (%)
Medicine 351 42.5 219 26.2 
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 127 34.5 103 25.3 
Physics and Astronomy 124 26.9 67 20.9 
Chemistry 86 34.7 51 17.4 
Neuroscience 65 45.1 43 27.0 
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 55 26.1 38 13.3 
Earth and Planetary Sciences 54 48.2 38 27.3 
Materials Science 48 24.7 35 15.2 
Computer Science 41 21.4 19 11.7 
Engineering 38 21.0 21 12.6 
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