Gender differences in scientific productivity: a persisting phenomenon?
Publication year
2012Number of pages
14 p.
Source
Scientometrics, 93, 3, (2012), pp. 857-868ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Methoden
Journal title
Scientometrics
Volume
vol. 93
Issue
iss. 3
Languages used
English (eng)
Page start
p. 857
Page end
p. 868
Subject
NON-RU research; Onderzoek niet-RUAbstract
There is substantial literature on research performance differences between
male and female researchers, and its explanation. Using publication records of 852 social
scientists, we show that performance differences indeed exist. However, our case study
suggests that in the younger generation of researchers these have disappeared. If performance
differences exist at all in our case, young female researchers outperform young
male researchers. The trend in developed societies, that women increasingly outperform
men in all levels of education, is also becoming effective in the science system.
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