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Do Women Publish Fewer Journal Articles than Men? Sex Differences in Publication Productivity in the Social Sciences
- Source :
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British Journal of Sociology of Education . 2011 32(6):921-937. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- This paper examines whether women and men publish journal articles at a level comparable with their representation within the social sciences. The paper also explores sex differences in patterns of single authorship and co-authorship. To do so, demographic data of the UK social sciences is compared with a sample of UK-authored journal articles. The findings of the study show that, overall, female academics contribute to a lower proportion of journal articles than the proportion of academic staff that they constitute. However, within certain disciplines (social policy and psychology) women publish articles at a level comparable with the proportion of the discipline that they constitute. These findings, it is argued, can be helpfully understood as both cause and consequence of the gendered academy. (Contains 8 tables and 1 figure.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0142-5692
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- British Journal of Sociology of Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ952870
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Evaluative
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2011.596387