The
American Chemical Society manages for IUPAC the largest subset
of subscribers to Chemistry International, including
3650 affiliate members, i.e., about half the readership. Each
year, ACS produces an interesting demographic report, which
indeed should tell us more about who you are. The data include
age group, year of service, major and degree, field of interest,
nature of the business, job title, and activity. Overall the
readership is evenly distributed with about 20% in each of the
following age groups: 30 and younger, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, and
61+.
There
is no way to tell if the youngest are those who joined most
recently, but regardless, it is encouraging to see, for instance,
that in 2001 alone, 684 affiliates joined the program, and in
2000, 733 joined. Roughly, 75% majored in chemistry and 5% majored
in engineering, 40% have a PhD, 10% have a Masters, and 35%
a Bachelors.
According
to the survey, the top 5 fields of interest are medicine/pharma
(for 12%), analytical (11%), organic (10%), environmental (7%),
and education (6%), while 18% of you are working in University
or college and 25% are in a manufacturing business. The second
half of the subscribers includes 30% from Europe, 9% from the
Pacific Rim and Far East, 6% from Canada and South and Latin
America, and 5% from the Middle East region and Africa. For
more numbers, visit <www.iupac.org/news/archives/2002/01ACSdemo.html>.
Fabienne
Meyers
[email protected]