Elite male faculty in the life sciences employ fewer women

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 10107-10112

  Sheltzer, Jason M ^a   Smith, Joan C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TWITTER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender diversity; Women in STEM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; BIOPHYSICS; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

GENDER DIVERSITY; WOMEN IN STEM;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (U.S.); UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84904295546     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1403334111     Document Type: Article

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