The gender gap in early career transitions in the life sciences
The gender gap in early career transitions in the life sciences
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生命科学职业生涯早期过渡中的性别差距
DOI：
10.1016/j.respol.2018.02.009
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发表时间：
2018-07-01
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影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Sorenson, Olav
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作者：
Lerchenmueller, Marc J.;Sorenson, Olav
我们研究了早期职业转型导致生命科学领域女性教师代表性不足的程度和原因。我们追踪了 6,336 名科学家从博士后研究员阶段到成为首席研究员 (PI) 的职业生涯——这是生命科学学术界的一个关键转变。使用将个人的美国国立卫生研究院资助历史与其发表记录联系起来的独特数据集，我们发现生命科学领域总体性别差距的很大一部分是在这一转变中出现的。女性成为 PI 的比例比男性低 20%。 “生产力”（出版记录）的差异可以解释大约 60% 的差异。其余部分似乎源于相似出版记录返回中的性别差异，女性因被引用而获得的荣誉较少。
We examined the extent to which and why early career transitions have led to women being underrepresented among faculty in the life sciences. We followed the careers of 6,336 scientists from the post-doctoral fellowship stage to becoming a principal investigator (PI) - a critical transition in the academic life sciences. Using a unique dataset that connects individuals' National Institutes of Health funding histories to their publication records, we found that a large portion of the overall gender gap in the life sciences emerges at this transition. Women become PIs at a 20% lower rate than men. Differences in "productivity" (publication records) can explain about 60% of this differential. The remaining portion appears to stem from gender differences in the returns to similar publication records, with women receiving less credit for their citations.