Gender, age, and broader impact: A study of persons, not just authors
Publication type
conference paper
Publication date
2019
Author(s)
Zhang, L.
Du, H.
Huang, Y.
Glänzel, W.
Sivertsen, G.
Language
English
Geographical area
Abstract
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.
Volume
2
Pagination
1888-1893