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  • Item type:Publication,
    Gender divergence in academics’ representation and research productivity: a Nigerian case study Open PDF 
    (2017)
    Opesade, A.O.
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    Famurewa, K.F.
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    Igwe, E.G.
    Gender equity is increasingly seen as an indicator of development and global acceptance in networks of higher education. Despite this, gender divergence in research productivity of academics coupled with under-representation of women in science has been reported to beset female’s scholarly activities. Previous studies provide differing results, hence a need for each academic institution to know its status for the purpose of formulating appropriate policy towards achieving gender equity without trading off productivity. Using a scientometric method, the present study investigates the representation and research productivity of male and female lecturers in the Faculty of Science, University of Ibadan. The study shows that while female lecturers are significantly less represented in the faculty and publish in journals having lower impact factors, their research productivity in terms of number of publications and citation impact are significantly not different from those of their male counterparts. © 2017 Association for Tertiary Education Management and the LH Martin Institute for Tertiary Education Leadership and Management.
  • Item type:Publication,
    A Capabilities-based Gender Equality Policy for Higher Education: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations Open PDF 
    (Routhledge, 2016)
    Loots, S.
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    Walker, M.
    Abstract: The complex transformative intent of policy goals is often marginalized in favour of tangible, measurable outcomes. Such a pattern is evident in the tracking of global social justice goals, such as gender equality, where sole reliance on numerical parity data to track progress has led to the simplification of the concept for the sake of measurement. This intensifies the need to focus both on conceptual and methodological considerations in policy development and evaluation to enhance human development and promote the transformation of inequalities towards social justice. Through reporting on a mixed-methods process to inform and develop a capabilities-based gender equality policy at a South African university, the paper asks what gender equality should look like conceptually, and identifies empirically valued functionings and capabilities which could act as transformative policy evaluation indicators. The paper reports on diverse student data from 57 qualitative interviews and 843 survey respondents, which indicate differences between what social groups value and where interventions are needed. The paper suggests that the capabilities approach could be an important evidence-based policy driver in higher education, with the possibility to combine both a rich conceptual approach and methodological considerations in operationalization so that social justice goals and outcomes result. © 2015 Human Development and Capability Association.
  • Item type:Publication,
    Gender differences in the journal publication productivity of south african academic authors Open PDF 
    (2006)
    Prozesky, H.
    Today one of the most contentious issues within the emerging field of Science and Technology Studies in South Africa relates to the position and participation of women scientists in academia. This paper presents the results of a secondary analysis of data contained in a national database of journal publications and their authors. The objective is to describe the nature and extent of gender differences in journal publication productivity among South African academics during the period 1990–2001. The paper also makes a methodological contribution by highlighting issues and making recommendations for further analyses of South African bibliometric databases. The data show that, on average during the period studied, men published almost twice as many articles in accredited journals as women, and that gender differences in both extremes of publication productivity determined this gap. Possible explanations for the observed differences are put forward in the form of a summary of the most important theoretical explanations for gender differences in publication productivity. An assessment is made of their potential relevance in the South African context, in order to identify priorities for future research on the issue of gender differences in publication productivity among South African academics. © 2006 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All right reserved.
  • Item type:Publication,
    Bibliometrics as a tool for measuring gender-specific research performance: An example from South African invasion ecology Open PDF 
    (2012)
    Prozesky, H.
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    Boshoff, N.
    Citations to published work are gaining increasing prominence in evaluations of the research performance of scientists. Considering the importance accorded to gender issues in South African science, it is surprising that (to our knowledge) no research has as yet ascertained the extent of sex differences in citations to the published work of scientists in this country. Our literature study shows that studies that have been conducted elsewhere tend to neglect in their analyses important gender-related and other factors, such as the sex composition of multi-authored papers and the extent of foreign co-authorship. Against this background, we illustrate the difficulties inherent in measuring the quality aspect of sex-specific research performance by means of an analysis of a dataset of articles (n = 229) that were published between 1990 and 2002 in the field of invasion ecology and in journals included in the Thomson Reuters Web of Science. Each article has at least one South African author address. The results indicate that foreign co-authorship is a better correlate of high citations than the sex of South African authors, and this is true irrespective of whether the annual citation rate or window period is used, whether or not self-citations are excluded, and whether or not the number of authors is controlled for by calculating fractional counts. The paper highlights these and other considerations that are relevant for future gender-focused bibliometric research, both in South Africa and beyond. © 2011 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Item type:Publication,
    Metrics-based profiling of university research engagement with Africa: research management, gender, and internationalization perspective Open PDF 
    (2019)
    Payumo, J.G.
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    Monson, J.
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    Jamison, A.
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    Fenwick, B.W.
    U.S. university engagement with Africa in various areas including global health, education, environment, and agriculture has grown in the last 15 years. However, there is limited literature that acknowledges the scholarly output and impact of U.S.-Africa university research collaboration in support of their respective institutions’ comprehensive internationalization goals. Using Michigan State University (MSU)—a public, research-intensive, land grant university with long history of engagement with Africa, as a case study, this paper aims to measure the research output, describe the collaboration patterns and research trends, and assess the impact of MSU’s research engagement on Africa for the last 10 years (2006–2015). It also attempts to determine the gender dimension of MSU’s research focus on Africa. Our scientometric and social network analysis provide strong quantitative evidence of scholarly success, research focus and diversification, collaboration, and impact on MSU’s engagement on Africa, especially in science, technology, engineering, and math-related disciplines. The co-authorship data provides evidence of greater collaboration of MSU with non-African countries on African-focused research but a growing number of partner institutions from African countries. This growing collaboration provides significant benefits on strategic research conducted and its impact, as well as increasing the recognition of African researchers as contributors to impactful international research collaborations and improving the ability of MSU and its global and African partners to co-generate knowledge and innovation that can help solve global problems more effectively. Finally, this study provides additional evidence of the increasing involvement of women in advancing knowledge and global innovation to address Africa’s socio-economic development challenges. The paper, overall, contributes to the science, research management, and gender perspectives of university internationalization goals and initiatives. © 2019, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary.
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    Academic staff in engineering and the built environment at Durban University of technology: A baseline study of gender equality Open PDF 
    (Sciendo, 2019)
    Cooke, L.A.
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    Jackson, H.
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    Armoed, Z.
    The research reported in this paper is part of a large Personalised Engineering Education South Africa III Project that involves eight universities across Europe and South Africa. One of the foci of the project is around gender equality in engineering education. The literature on Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (STEM) in general is briefly reviewed. Attention then shifts to gender equality in STEM, academia, and engineering education more specifically. Management Information data from 2014 to 2018 were analysed to establish a baseline for the number and the rank of female staff in seven academic departments in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment (EBE) at Durban University of Technology (DUT). The results show that there is low representation of female staff in the selected academic departments. Female staff are not represented in the higher academic ranks such as Associate or Full Professors. These findings resonate with other published research. This baseline study will be used to further investigate the experiences of women in EBE at DUT. © 2019 Sciendo. All rights reserved.
  • Item type:Publication,
    Race and gender bias in the research community on African lions Open PDF 
    (2019)
    Bauer, H.
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    Gebresenbet, F.
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    Kiki, M.
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    Simpson, L.
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    Sillero-Zubiri, C.
    We used bibliometric data to show that Black, African, and women researchers are underrepresented among authors of field studies on lions (Panthera leo) in Africa. This may lead to biased representation in institutions dealing with lion research and conservation and reinforce disenfranchisement with one of the most emblematic species in Africa. We discuss the causes, and ways for the lion research community to become more inclusive. © 2019 Bauer, Gebresenbet, Kiki, Simpson and Sillero-Zubiri.