Gender differences in scientific productivity: A persisting phenomenon?
Publication type
journal article
Publication date
2012
Author(s)
van Arensbergen, P.
van der Weijden, I.
van den Besselaar, P.
Language
English
Discipline(s)
Abstract
There is substantial literature on research performance differences between male and female researchers, and its explanation. Using publication records of 852 social scientists, we show that performance differences indeed exist. However, our case study suggests that in the younger generation of researchers these have disappeared. If performance differences exist at all in our case, young female researchers outperform young male researchers. The trend in developed societies, that women increasingly outperform men in all levels of education, is also becoming effective in the science system. © 2012 The Author(s).
Journal
Scientometrics
ISSN
1588-2861
Volume
93
Issue
3
Pagination
857-868