Historical comparison of gender inequality in scientific careers across countries and disciplines

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2020, Pages 4609-4616

  Huang, Junming ^a,b,c   Gates, Alexander J ^a   Sinatra, Roberta ^d,e   Barabási, Albert László ^a,f,g  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Gender inequality; Science of science; Scientific careers; STEM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CAREER; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLISHING; SEX DIFFERENCE; ACADEMIC SUCCESS; CAREER MOBILITY; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL; PUBLICATION; SCIENCE; SEXISM; UNIVERSITY; WRITING;

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; ADULT; AUTHORSHIP; CAREER MOBILITY; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCIENCE; SEXISM; WORKFORCE;

EID: 85081131069     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1914221117     Document Type: Article

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