The impact of the pandemic-enforced lockdown on the scholarly productivity of women academics in South Africa.

ABSTRACT: The underrepresentation of women in research is well-documented, in everything from participation and leadership to peer review and publication. Even so, in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, early reports indicated a precipitous decline in women's scholarly productivity (both in time devoted to research and in journal publications) compared to pre-pandemic times. None of these studies, mainly from the Global North, could provide detailed explanations for the scale of this decline in research outcomes. Using a mixed methods research design, we offer the first comprehensive study to shed light on the complex reasons for the decline in research during the pandemic-enforced lockdown among 2,029 women academics drawn from 26 public universities in South Africa. Our study finds that a d

SUBMITTER: Walters C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9753136 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature