Disparities in publication patterns by gender, race and ethnicity based on a survey of a random sample of authors

Scientometrics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 515-534

  Hopkins, Allison L ^a   Jawitz, James W ^b   McCarty, Christopher ^c   Goldman, Alex ^c   Basu, Nandita B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic attrition; Gender disparities; Publication productivity; Racial and ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880134931     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0893-4     Document Type: Article

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