About the Authors

Robin Haunschild

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

l.bornmann@fkf.mpg.de, bornmann@gv.mpg.de (LB); r.haunschild@fkf.mpg.de (RH)

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany

Lutz Bornmann

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

l.bornmann@fkf.mpg.de, bornmann@gv.mpg.de (LB); r.haunschild@fkf.mpg.de (RH)

Affiliation Science Policy and Strategy Department, Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

“Both authors currently serve as academic editors for PLOS ONE. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.”