Solving the Productivity and Impact Puzzle: Do Men Outperform Women, or are Metrics Biased?

BioScience

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 245-252

  Cameron, Elissa Z ^a   White, Angela M ^b   Gray, Meeghan E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Truckee Meadows Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

ecology; gender bias; geographic variation; women in science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961637930     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biv173     Document Type: Review

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