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  • Item type:Publication,
    Gender differences in the aims and impacts of research Open PDF 
    (2021)
    Zhang, L.
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    Sivertsen, G.
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    Du, H.
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    Huang, Y.
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    Glänzel, W.
    This study uses mixed methods—classical citation analysis, altmetric analysis, a survey with researchers as respondents, and text analysis of the abstracts of scientific articles—to investigate gender differences in the aims and impacts of research. We find that male researchers more often value and engage in research mainly aimed at scientific progress, which is more cited. Female researchers more often value and engage in research mainly aimed at contributing to societal progress, which has more abstract views (usage). The gender differences are observed among researchers who work in the same field of research and have the same age and academic position. Our findings have implications for evaluation and funding policies and practices. A critical discussion of how societal engagement versus citation impact is valued, and how funding criteria reflect gender differences, is warranted. © 2021, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Item type:Publication,
    Gender, age, and broader impact: A study of persons, not just authors
    (2019)
    Zhang, L.
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    Du, H.
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    Huang, Y.
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    Glänzel, W.
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    Sivertsen, G.
    This research-in-progress investigates whether there are differences in terms of traditional citation impact and broader impact (Mendeley, Usage and Social Media) for researchers with different social variables such as age, gender and academic position. To do this, 30,003 journal articles in Web of Science from 2011-2017 with Norwegian first authors that can be identified as persons in two other Norwegian national databases, are selected as our data sample. Among a total of 14,204 identifiable researchers as the first authors, 7,767 (55%) are men and 6,437 (45%) women. Percentile-based indicators of four different impacts are compared among different researcher cohorts. The preliminary results show that although there is a consistent male dominance in traditional citation impact, the dominance is less present in the younger cohorts where females are also better represented. Female researchers score relatively higher on broader impact indicators than on traditional citation impact indicators, sometimes clearly exceeding their male colleagues. The differences already revealed will be further studied by including academic position as another social variable, to better understand the distinct impact characteristics according to age and gender, and to provide new insights for funding and evaluation policy. © 2019 17th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, ISSI 2019 - Proceedings. All rights reserved.