Gender disparity in Polish science by year (1975-2014) and by discipline
Publication type
journal article
Publication date
2015
Author(s)
Kosmulski, M.
Language
English
Geographical area
Abstract
The production and impact of male and female authors in Poland over the period 1975-2014 have been studied. The method is based on a special property of Polish last names, namely several popular last names have separate masculine (-ski, -cki) and feminine (-ska, -cka) forms. In this respect Polish is different from most other languages, in which the last name has only one form independent of the gender. A set of 56. 634 unique publications of authors bearing one of 26 most popular -ski or -cki names was analyzed. The male dominance was observed over the entire studied period, yet it became systematically less significant over the period 1995-2014, especially in terms of production. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
Journal
Journal of Informetrics
ISSN
1875-5879
Volume
9
Issue
3
Pagination
658-666