Gender inequities in the online dissemination of scholars' work.

ABSTRACT: Unbiased science dissemination has the potential to alleviate some of the known gender disparities in academia by exposing female scholars' work to other scientists and the public. And yet, we lack comprehensive understanding of the relationship between gender and science dissemination online. Our large-scale analyses, encompassing half a million scholars, revealed that female scholars' work is mentioned less frequently than male scholars' work in all research areas. When exploring the characteristics associated with online success, we found that the impact of prior work, social capital, and gendered tie formation in coauthorship networks are linked with online success for men, but not for women-even in the areas with the highest female representation. These results suggest that while men'

SUBMITTER: Vasarhelyi O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8488645 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature