The effect of gender in the publication patterns in mathematics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Mihaljeviæ Brandt, Helena ^a   Santamaría, Lucía ^b   Tullney, Marco ^c  

^a Independent Researcher   (Germany)

^b Independent Researcher   (Germany)

^c TIB LEIBNIZ INFORMATION CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; DATA BASE; GENDER; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PUBLICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; MALE; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84992390992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165367     Document Type: Article

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