Differences in Collaboration Patterns across Discipline, Career Stage, and Gender.

ABSTRACT: Collaboration plays an increasingly important role in promoting research productivity and impact. What remains unclear is whether female and male researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematical (STEM) disciplines differ in their collaboration propensity. Here, we report on an empirical analysis of the complete publication records of 3,980 faculty members in six STEM disciplines at select U.S. research universities. We find that female faculty have significantly fewer distinct co-authors over their careers than males, but that this difference can be fully accounted for by females' lower publication rate and shorter career lengths. Next, we find that female scientists have a lower probability of repeating previous co-authors than males, an intriguing result because prior re

SUBMITTER: Zeng XH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5096717 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature