On the relationship between supervisor–supervisee gender difference and scientific impact of doctoral dissertations: Evidence from Humanities and Social Sciences in China
Publication type
journal article
Publication date
2020
Author(s)
Bu, Y.
Li, H.
Wei, C.
Liu, M.
Li, J.
Language
English
View point(s)
PhD Level
Discipline(s)
Geographical area
Abstract
This article explores the relationships between supervisor–supervisee gender difference and the scientific impact of doctoral dissertations. We use the China Doctoral Dissertations Full-text Database and pay special attention to the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences in China in our empirical study. By establishing regression models, we find that the ranks of the scientific impact regarding doctoral dissertations are female–female (first), female–male (second), male–male (third) and male–female (fourth) pairs (sequence: student gender and then supervisor gender). The finding has many interesting implications for science policy and gender inequality. © The Author(s) 2020.
Journal
Journal of Information Science
ISSN
0165-5515
Volume
48
Issue
4
Pagination
492-502