Patterns of authorship in ecology and evolution: First, last, and corresponding authorship vary with gender and geography

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 23, 2018, Pages 11492-11507

  Fox, Charles W ^a   Ritchey, Josiah P ^a   Paine, C E Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

authorship; gender bias; gender discrimination; women in science

Indexed keywords

EID: 85056154138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4584     Document Type: Article

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