Assessing gender balance among journal authors and editorial board members

Scientometrics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-114

  Mauleón, Elba ^a   Hillán, Laura ^b   Moreno, Luz ^b   Gómez, Isabel ^b   Bordons, María ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Authorship; Editorial boards; Gender gap; Scientific journals; Women and science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874794289     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0824-4     Document Type: Article

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