Underrepresentation of women in the senior levels of Brazilian science

PeerJ

Volumn 2017, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Valentova, Jaroslava V ^a   Otta, Emma ^a   Silva, Maria Luisa ^b   McElligott, Alan G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazilian science; Brazilian scientists; Gender balance; Gender equality; STEM; Women in science

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; BIOMEDICINE; FEMALE; FUNDING; GENDER; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRODUCTIVITY; SCIENTIST; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 85038418057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4000     Document Type: Article

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