Author, as appears in the article.: Zeng, Xiao Han T; Duch, Jordi; Sales-Pardo, Marta; Moreira, Joao A G; Radicchi, Filippo; Ribeiro, Haroldo V; Woodruff, Teresa K; Amaral, Luis A Nunes
Department: Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques Enginyeria Química
URV's Author/s: Duch Gavaldà, Jordi / Sales Pardo, Marta
Keywords: Sex factors Research Publishing Occupations Male Humans Genomics Gender Female Faculty Cooperative behavior Career
Abstract: Collaboration plays an increasingly important role in promoting research productivity and impact. What remains unclear is whether female and male researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematical (STEM) disciplines differ in their collaboration propensity. Here, we report on an empirical analysis of the complete publication records of 3,980 faculty members in six STEM disciplines at select U.S. research universities. We find that female faculty have significantly fewer distinct co-authors over their careers than males, but that this difference can be fully accounted for by females¿ lower publication rate and shorter career lengths. Next, we find that female scientists have a lower probability of repeating previous co-authors than males, an intriguing result because prior research shows that teams involving new collaborations produce work with higher impact. Finally, we find evidence for gender segregation in some sub-disciplines in molecular biology, in particular in genomics where we find female faculty to be clearly under-represented.
Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Odontología Nutrição Neuroscience (miscellaneous) Neuroscience (all) Medicina veterinaria Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Immunology and microbiology (miscellaneous) Immunology and microbiology (all) Geografía General neuroscience General immunology and microbiology General biochemistry,genetics and molecular biology General agricultural and biological sciences Educação física Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Biotecnología Biology Biodiversidade Biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology (miscellaneous) Biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology (all) Biochemistry & molecular biology Astronomia / física Agricultural and biological sciences (miscellaneous) Agricultural and biological sciences (all)
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: jordi.duch@urv.cat marta.sales@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-2639-6333 0000-0002-8140-6525
Record's date: 2024-10-19
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002573
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Plos Biology. 14 (11): e1002573-
APA: Zeng, Xiao Han T; Duch, Jordi; Sales-Pardo, Marta; Moreira, Joao A G; Radicchi, Filippo; Ribeiro, Haroldo V; Woodruff, Teresa K; Amaral, Luis A Nunes (2016). Differences in Collaboration Patterns across Discipline, Career Stage, and Gender. Plos Biology, 14(11), e1002573-. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002573
Article's DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002573
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2016
Publication Type: Journal Publications