New Research Paper: The Role of Gender in Scholarly Authorship
Title
The Role of Gender in Scholarly Authorship
Authors
Jevin D. West
University of Washington
Jennifer Jacquet
New York University
Molly M. King
Stanford University
Shelley J. Correll
Santa Fe Institute
Carl T. Bergstrom
University of Washington
Santa Fe Institute
Source
via arXiv
Abstract
Gender disparities appear to be decreasing in academia according to a number of metrics, such as grant funding, hiring, acceptance at scholarly journals, and productivity, and it might be tempting to think that gender inequity will soon be a problem of the past. However, a large-scale analysis based on over eight million papers across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities reveals a number of understated and persistent ways in which gender inequities remain. For instance, even where raw publication counts seem to be equal between genders, close inspection reveals that, in certain fields, men predominate in the prestigious first and last author positions. Moreover, women are significantly underrepresented as authors of single-authored papers. Academics should be aware of the subtle ways that gender disparities can appear in scholarly authorship.
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