Disciplinary gender balance, research productivity, and recognition of men and women in academia.

ABSTRACT: Gender disparities in science have become a salient concern for policy makers and researchers. Previous studies have documented a gender gap in research productivity and recognition in the sciences, and different reasons for this gap have been proposed. In this study, we examine four academic fields with different proportions of men and women in their population. We address the following questions: What is the relationship between the gendered make-up of a field and the productivity and recognition of men and women scientists in that academic field? What is the relationship between the publication patterns of men and women in different academic fields and their productivity and recognition? We find that gendered patterns of productivity and recognition favour men in man-dominated subfields

SUBMITTER: Sa C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10720991 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature