The possible role of resource requirements and academic career-choice risk on gender differences in publication rate and impact.

The possible role of resource requirements and academic career-choice risk on gender differences in publication rate and impact.

Many studies demonstrate that there is still a significant gender bias, especially at higher career levels, in many areas including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We investigated field-dependent, gender-specific effects of the selective pressures individuals experience as...

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Autores principales: Jordi Duch, Xiao Han T Zeng, Marta Sales-Pardo, Filippo Radicchi, Shayna Otis, Teresa K Woodruff, Luís A Nunes Amaral
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2f2be6ddc84e44cb9b980e93c16a60c42021-11-18T08:05:22ZThe possible role of resource requirements and academic career-choice risk on gender differences in publication rate and impact.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0051332https://doaj.org/article/2f2be6ddc84e44cb9b980e93c16a60c42012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23251502/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Many studies demonstrate that there is still a significant gender bias, especially at higher career levels, in many areas including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We investigated field-dependent, gender-specific effects of the selective pressures individuals experience as they pursue a career in academia within seven STEM disciplines. We built a unique database that comprises 437,787 publications authored by 4,292 faculty members at top United States research universities. Our analyses reveal that gender differences in publication rate and impact are discipline-specific. Our results also support two hypotheses. First, the widely-reported lower publication rates of female faculty are correlated with the amount of research resources typically needed in the discipline considered, and thus may be explained by the lower level of institutional support historically received by females. Second, in disciplines where pursuing an academic position incurs greater career risk, female faculty tend to have a greater fraction of higher impact publications than males. Our findings have significant, field-specific, policy implications for achieving diversity at the faculty level within the STEM disciplines.Jordi DuchXiao Han T ZengMarta Sales-PardoFilippo RadicchiShayna OtisTeresa K WoodruffLuís A Nunes AmaralPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 12, p e51332 (2012)
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spellingShingle Medicine
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Jordi Duch
Xiao Han T Zeng
Marta Sales-Pardo
Filippo Radicchi
Shayna Otis
Teresa K Woodruff
Luís A Nunes Amaral
The possible role of resource requirements and academic career-choice risk on gender differences in publication rate and impact.
description Many studies demonstrate that there is still a significant gender bias, especially at higher career levels, in many areas including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We investigated field-dependent, gender-specific effects of the selective pressures individuals experience as they pursue a career in academia within seven STEM disciplines. We built a unique database that comprises 437,787 publications authored by 4,292 faculty members at top United States research universities. Our analyses reveal that gender differences in publication rate and impact are discipline-specific. Our results also support two hypotheses. First, the widely-reported lower publication rates of female faculty are correlated with the amount of research resources typically needed in the discipline considered, and thus may be explained by the lower level of institutional support historically received by females. Second, in disciplines where pursuing an academic position incurs greater career risk, female faculty tend to have a greater fraction of higher impact publications than males. Our findings have significant, field-specific, policy implications for achieving diversity at the faculty level within the STEM disciplines.
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author Jordi Duch
Xiao Han T Zeng
Marta Sales-Pardo
Filippo Radicchi
Shayna Otis
Teresa K Woodruff
Luís A Nunes Amaral
author_facet Jordi Duch
Xiao Han T Zeng
Marta Sales-Pardo
Filippo Radicchi
Shayna Otis
Teresa K Woodruff
Luís A Nunes Amaral
author_sort Jordi Duch
title The possible role of resource requirements and academic career-choice risk on gender differences in publication rate and impact.
title_short The possible role of resource requirements and academic career-choice risk on gender differences in publication rate and impact.
title_full The possible role of resource requirements and academic career-choice risk on gender differences in publication rate and impact.
title_fullStr The possible role of resource requirements and academic career-choice risk on gender differences in publication rate and impact.
title_full_unstemmed The possible role of resource requirements and academic career-choice risk on gender differences in publication rate and impact.
title_sort possible role of resource requirements and academic career-choice risk on gender differences in publication rate and impact.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2012
url https://doaj.org/article/2f2be6ddc84e44cb9b980e93c16a60c4
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