Are Female Researchers Less Cited? A Large-Scale Study of Norwegian Scientists
Are Female Researchers Less Cited? A Large-Scale Study of Norwegian Scientists
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10.1002/asi.21486
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发表时间：
2011-04-01
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Sivertsen, Gunnar
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作者：
Aksnes, Dag W.;Rorstad, Kristoffer;Sivertsen, Gunnar
许多研究表明，女科学家发表的论文往往比男同事少得多。在这项研究中，我们分析了是否也可以在引用率方面发现类似的差异。根据对挪威8 500名研究人员和37 000多份涵盖所有知识领域的出版物进行的大规模研究，我们得出结论，女性研究人员的出版物被引用的次数少于男性研究人员，尽管差异不大。引用率的性别差异可以归因于生产力的差异。增加出版物产出对引用率有累积优势效应。由于我们研究中的女性发表的出版物明显少于男性，因此她们从这种影响中受益较少。该研究还提供了关于出版物和引用率如何根据科学立场，年龄和学科而变化的结果。
Numerous studies have shown that female scientists tend to publish significantly fewer publications than do their male colleagues. In this study, we have analyzed whether similar differences also can be found in terms of citation rates. Based on a large-scale study of 8,500 Norwegian researchers and more than 37,000 publications covering all areas of knowledge, we conclude that the publications of female researchers are less cited than are those of men, although the differences are not large. The gender differences in citation rates can be attributed to differences in productivity. There is a cumulative advantage effect of increasing publication output on citation rates. Since the women in our study publish significantly fewer publications than do men, they benefit less from this effect. The study also provides results on how publication and citation rates vary according to scientific position, age, and discipline.