Gender and authorship patterns in urban land science
Publication type
journal article
Publication date
2022
Author(s)
Chen, T.-H.K.
Seto, K.C.
Language
English
View point(s)
Global
Discipline(s)
Abstract
What are patterns of gender and authorship in urban land science? Our bibliometric analysis shows that the proportion of women shrinks among highly productive, impactful, and senior authors, akin to a pyramid shape. First, women are only one in ten researchers with an h-index above the 95th percentile. Second, women are first authors on 20% of all influential papers cited more than one hundred times. Third, women publish less frequently (1.6 papers/year) than men (2.2). Fourth, women have shorter career lengths (9.4 years) than men (11.8). Since the 2000s, citation rates for women and men have converged. For the generation starting careers since 2016, the proportion of women with an h-index above the 90th percentile increased to 25%. During the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a 51% increase in productivity for women. Despite these changes, gender disparities in urban land science are most pronounced among the most productive and impactful authors. © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Journal
Journal of Land Use Science
ISSN
1747-423X
Volume
17
Issue
1
Pagination
245-261