Table 1.

Annual-mean international travel GHG emissions per scientist showing, for each category, the estimated mean and its uncertainty range

Estimated mean and standard uncertainty range of travel GHG emissions in units [tCO2eq/scientist]
(per category cell: mean estimate and [mean − lower standard error – mean + upper standard error])
FemaleMaleAll
Scientific fieldJRPRSRJRPRSRJRPRSR
H&L0.29 [0.27–0.40]1.77 [1.65–2.27]1.56 [1.43–1.89]0.44 [0.41–0.62]1.43 [1.32–1.50]1.35 [1.22–1.45]0.35 [0.33–0.46]1.59 [1.49–1.94]1.43 [1.28–1.70]
SSci0.23 [0.22–0.36]2.17 [1.85–2.49]1.46 [1.34–1.67]0.17 [0.16–0.22]1.53 [1.42–1.97]1.88 [1.66–2.11]0.21 [0.19–0.33]1.78 [1.64–2.82]1.77 [1.41–2.20]
NSci0.69 [0.65–0.75]1.15 [1.09–1.30]2.30 [2.07–2.60]1.03 [0.96–1.22]0.88 [0.83–0.97]2.31 [2.22–2.48]0.87 [0.79–0.93]0.97 [0.91–1.11]2.31 [2.08–2.77]
Uni Graz0.42 [0.40–0.47]1.58 [1.50–1.85]1.71 [1.61–2.00]0.67 [0.62–0.82]1.14 [1.10–1.22]1.86 [1.79–2.03]0.53 [0.50–0.58]1.31 [1.26–1.50]1.82 [1.70–2.02]
H&L1.01 [0.96–1.22]1.10 [1.02–1.19]1.05 [1.01–1.16]
SSci1.00 [0.93–1.18]1.30 [1.16–1.61]1.17 [1.08–1.39]
NSci1.08 [1.04–1.16]1.36 [1.30–1.48]1.26 [1.21–1.37]
Uni Graz1.03 [1.00–1.15]1.26 [1.21–1.36]1.17 [1.13–1.24]

Notes:

Rows = scientific fields humanities and law (H&L), social sciences (SSci), natural sciences (NSci) and the University of Graz total; columns = the three seniority classes junior (JR), postdoc (PR) and senior researchers (SR), respectively, for each gender class (including all)

Source: Authors’ own work

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