Which gender gap? Factors affecting researchers’ scientific impact in science and medicine

Research Policy

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1790-1817

  Beaudry, Catherine ^a,c   Larivière, Vincent ^b,c  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche Sur la Science et la Technologie   (Canada)

Author keywords

Citations; Gender; Impact Factor; Research funding; Scientific production

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

CITATIONS; COLLABORATIVE TEAMS; GENDER; GENDER DIFFERENCES; IMPACT FACTOR; NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERINGS; RELATIVE CITATION RATES; RESEARCH FUNDING;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84990211201     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2016.05.009     Document Type: Article

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