Is there a gender gap in chemical sciences scholarly communication?

ABSTRACT: The Royal Society of Chemistry is committed to investigating and addressing the barriers and biases which face women in the chemical sciences. The cornerstone of this is a thorough analysis of data regarding submissions, review and citations for Royal Society of Chemistry journals from January 2014 until July 2018, since the number and impact of publications and citations are an important factor when seeking research funding and for the progression of academic career. We have applied standard statistical techniques to multiple data sources to perform this analysis, and have investigated whether interactions between variables are significant in affecting various outcomes (author gender; reviewer gender; reviewer recommendations and submission outcome) in addition to considering variables in

SUBMITTER: Day AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7057853 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature