Survey participants’ characteristics
| Characteristics | Editors n=198 | Authors n=248 | Total n=446 |
| Gender | n=169 (%) | n=230 (%) | n=399 (%) |
| Woman | 46 (27.2) | 83 (36.1) | 129 (32.3) |
| Man | 121 (71.6) | 142 (61.7) | 263 (65.9) |
| Other | 2 (1.2) | 5 (2.2) | 7 (1.8) |
| Age | n=156 (%) | n=220 (%) | n=376 (%) |
| <40 | 32 (20.5) | 71 (32.3) | 103 (27.4) |
| 41–50 | 29 (18.6) | 59 (26.8) | 88 (23.4) |
| 51–60 | 52 (33.3) | 37 (16.8) | 89 (23.7) |
| >60 | 43 (27.6) | 53 (24.1) | 96 (25.5) |
| Education | n=169 (%) | n=230 (%) | n=399 (%) |
| Bachelor degree | 4 (2.4) | 3 (1.3) | 7 (1.7) |
| Master degree | 11 (6.5) | 20 (8.7) | 31 (7.8) |
| PhD | 107 (63.3) | 118 (51.3) | 225 (56.4) |
| MD or equivalent | 34 (20.1) | 76 (33.0) | 110 (27.6) |
| Prefer not to answer | 2 (1.2) | 1 (0.4) | 3 (0.7) |
| Other | 11 (6.5) | 12 (5.2) | 23 (5.8) |
| Location journal/institution | n=165 (%) | n=224 (%) | n=389 (%) |
| Europe | 132 (80.0) | 87 (38.8) | 219 (56.3) |
| North America | 23 (14.0) | 95 (42.4) | 118 (30.3) |
| South America | 2 (1.2) | 5 (2.2) | 7 (1.8) |
| Africa | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.5) |
| Asia | 3 (1.8) | 11 (5.0) | 14 (3.6) |
| Australia | 4 (2.4) | 25 (11.2) | 29 (7.5) |
| No of years of experience | n=165 (%) | n=224 (%) | n=389 (%) |
| <5 years | 74 (44.8) | 36 (16.1) | 110 (28.3) |
| 6–10 years | 46 (27.9) | 51 (22.7) | 97 (24.9) |
| 11–15 years | 27 (16.4) | 34 (15.2) | 61 (15.7) |
| 16–20 years | 7 (4.2) | 19 (8.5) | 26 (6.7) |
| >20 years | 11 (6.7) | 84 (37.5) | 95 (24.4) |