| Title |
Gender Differences in Publication Output: Towards an Unbiased Metric of Research Performance
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2006
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0000127 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Matthew R.E. Symonds, Neil J. Gemmell, Tamsin L. Braisher, Kylie L. Gorringe, Mark A. Elgar |
| Abstract |
We examined the publication records of a cohort of 168 life scientists in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology to assess gender differences in research performance. Clear discrepancies in publication rate between men and women appear very early in their careers and this has consequences for the subsequent citation of their work. We show that a recently proposed index designed to rank scientists fairly is in fact strongly biased against female researchers, and advocate a modified index to assess men and women on a more equitable basis. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 29 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 21% |
| Canada | 4 | 14% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| Norway | 1 | 3% |
| South Africa | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 10% |
| Unknown | 9 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 21 | 72% |
| Scientists | 8 | 28% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 237 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 2% |
| Australia | 3 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 6 | 3% |
| Unknown | 213 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 47 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 46 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 30 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 6% |
| Other | 51 | 22% |
| Unknown | 32 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 52 | 22% |
| Social Sciences | 38 | 16% |
| Environmental Science | 18 | 8% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 17 | 7% |
| Psychology | 15 | 6% |
| Other | 51 | 22% |
| Unknown | 46 | 19% |