Vicious circles of gender bias, lower positions, and lower performance: Gender differences in scholarly productivity and impact

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Besselaar, Peter van den ^a   Sandström, Ulf ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; MALE; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; WRITING; SEXISM; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUTHORSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLICATIONS; SEXISM; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 85028658128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183301     Document Type: Article

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