Gender and journal authorship: An assessment of articles published by women in three top british political science and international relations journals

European Political Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 116-130

  Williams, Helen ^a   Bates, Stephen ^b   Jenkins, Laura ^b   Luke, Darcy ^b   Rogers, Kelly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

International Relations; journals; Political Science; publication rates; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929320484     PISSN: 16804333     EISSN: 16820983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/eps.2015.8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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