A produção científica brasileira no feminino

Melo, Hildete Pereira de; Oliveira, Ana

doi:10.1590/s0104-83332006000200012

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“…It must be remarked that, as reported elsewhere (Lewison 2001;Webster 2001), the proportion of female researchers is higher in the human (59.8%), biological (52.6%), and health (58.3%) sciences as compared to the traditionally male-dominated fields, like engineering (25.4%) (Melo and Oliveira 2006).…”

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“…In the SciELO, an electronic library covering a selected collection of Brazilian scientific journals, the proportion of female authors was found to be relatively high in the fields of human (53.2%), biological (44.2%), and health (42.7%) sciences; as might be expected, the corresponding figure for engineering was 22.4 (Melo and Oliveira 2006). Leta and Lewinson (2003) found that at least one female CNPq researcher was an author or co-author in 28% of the Brazilian papers on astronomy, 43% on oceanography, and 55% on immunology found in the Science Citation Index.…”

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Is there a ‘gender gap’ in authorship of the main Brazilian psychiatric journals at the beginning of the 21st century?

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The aim of this study was to investigate the existence of a ''gender gap'' in the authorship of the four most important peer-reviewed psychiatric journals in Brazil and to quantify its magnitude. In addition, we examined the patterns of change in this gap during the period extending from 2001 to 2008 and variations according to the total number of authors, the type of article (original vs. non-original studies), and the journals themselves. A total of 1,036 articles were analyzed. We found that the proportion of female overall participation has increased from 2001 to 2008. Nevertheless, the incremental rate was accounted mostly by the growth of the participation in non-original articles. While the average annual increment for original articles was virtually null (.01%), for the nonoriginal articles the corresponding figure was 3.7%. We also found that the chance of a woman being first author was about three times greater in original papers as compared to non-original ones at the beginning of the study period; this differential declined by 11% per year during this period. A different pattern emerged from the analysis of female last authorship. Year of publication and type of study were still associated with the chance of a woman being the last author but without interaction. Further, the journals themselves were found to be related with female last authorship: the chance of a woman being the last author in an article published in the Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria was significantly smaller than in the other three journals. Our findings indicate clearly that some progress in being achieved in eliminating the gender gap also in field of Psychiatry and highlight the need for further research in this area.

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Is there a ‘gender gap’ in authorship of the main Brazilian psychiatric journals at the beginning of the 21st century?

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“…Como pôde ser observado, houve uma tendência dos estudantes do sexo masculino a apresentarem maiores médias, sendo as diferenças significantes tanto para a amostra total quanto para três cursos (engenharia, medicina e psicologia). Esses achados são semelhantes aos encontrados pelos estudos de Lynn e Irwing (2004) No segundo estudo do presente trabalho, a análise conjunta da produção científica nacional e internacional permitiu verificar a predominância do sexo masculino na autoria principal dos artigos publicados, o que corrobora dados de estudos anteriores (Melo & Oliveira, 2006; Zuckermanm e colaboradores, 1991). Observou-se que, para a área de exatas, os homens apresentaram o dobro de chance de serem primeiros autores, quando comparados às mulheres, em comparação com as outras áreas.…”

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Diferenças de sexo em uma habilidade cognitiva específica e na produção científica

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ResumoO presente estudo visou investigar dois aspectos relacionados às diferenças de sexo: o desempenho de universitários no teste Matrizes Progressivas de Raven-Escala Avançada e a análise da autoria por sexos de artigos publicados em revistas de impacto. Para tanto, avaliou-se o desempenho de 547 estudantes de diferentes cursos universitários e contabilizou-se a autoria principal de 12.797 artigos científicos publicados em periódicos nacionais e internacionais no período de 2000 a 2010. Os resultados mostraram diferenças significativas a favor do sexo masculino no teste Raven para a amostra geral e para os cursos de Engenharia, Medicina e Psicologia. Na análise da produtividade científica, constatou-se predominância de autoria principal do sexo masculino para três áreas do conhecimento (Humanas, Biológicas e Exatas). Os resultados sugeriram diferenças na especialização cognitiva entre os sexos, que podem ser expressas tanto nas habilidades de raciocínio visuoespacial quanto na produção científica. Palavras-chave: Diferenças de sexo; Pesquisa científica; Habilidade visuoespacial. Sex differences in a specific cognitive ability and scientific production AbstractTwo aspects related to sex differences were investigated in the present study: the performance of university students in the Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices Test and the analysis of articles published, according to sex, in major scientific journals. 547 students from different university courses were assessed and, the authorship of 12797 scientific articles published in national and international journals during the period 2000 and 2010 was accounted. Significant differences in favor of male in the Raven's Test for the overall sample as well as for Engineering, Medicine and Psychology courses were found. In addition, there was a predominantly male first authorship in three areas of knowledge (Humanities, Biological and Exact). The findings suggested cognitive specialization differences between sexes, which may be expressed into visuospacial reasoning skills, and scientific production. Diferencias sexuales en una habilidade cognitiva especifica y en produccion científica ResumenEl estudio que se presenta tuvo como objetivo investigar dos aspectos de las diferencias entre los sexos: el desempeño de estudiantes de universidades en las Matrizes Progresivas de Raven, escala avanzada, y la autoria por sexo en la producción científica publicada en revistas de impacto. Se evaluó el desempeño de 547 estudiantes de diferentes carreras universitarias, y se contabilizó el autor principal de 12.797 artículos científicos publicados en revistas nacionales e internacionales en el período 2000-2010. Los resultados mostraron diferencias significativas a favor de los hombres en el test Raven para la muestra total y para los cursos de Ingeniería, Medicina y Psicología. En el análisis de la productividad científica, hubo predominio de la autoría principal masculina en tres áreas de conocimiento (Humanidades, Biológica y Exactas). Los resultados sugieren diferencias en la...

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“…The studies that bring the theme gender and science in Brazil, begins in the mid-70, with the second feminist wave. The relevance attributed to this theme was made remarkable in 1990, with evidence of the absence of women throughout the history of science in the country (de Melo and Oliveira, 2006). Currently the research and actions related to gender and STEM have the collaboration of different institutions (academia, government, NGOs, spaces of formal education) to problematize, analyze and propose actions that can restructure and assign new meanings to science.…”

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Theatre, labs and gender: an education package to improve STEM working environment

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Gomide

Silva

et al. 2020

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Gender affects all aspects of life, and the working and learning environment of science, technology, engineering and geosciences presents no exception. Gender issues concerning access, permanence and ascension of women in exact and earth sciences careers, in general, relates between other causes, to the underrepresentation of women in science communications, sexual or moral harassment caused by professors and colleagues during undergraduate and graduate ages, or the overload of housework for girls, when compared to boys, during early school ages. In other words, gender imbalance in science and technology careers may be seen as the result of a series of structured oppression suffered by women of all ages. In this context, we propose the development of an education package designed to understand these processes at different levels. One of the tools of this package is known as the Theatre of the Oppressed. Elaborated by Augusto Boal in the 1970s, the Theatre of the Oppressed uses theatre techniques as means of promoting social and political changes. Usually, a scene takes place, revealing an oppression situation. The audience becomes what is called <q>spect-actors</q>, where they become active by exploring, showing, and transforming the reality in which they are living. In the context of gender issues in exact sciences careers, the students can stage situations that reveal subtle actions of power relations that usually put women in subservience places. Our experience showed that even though the acting is fiction, the spectators learn much from the enactment, because the simulation of real-life situations, problems, and solutions stimulates the practice of resistance to oppression in reality, within a condition that offers a <q>safe space</q> for practising making a change. The package also includes a set of laboratory routines based on the work of female scientists, directed to students from 12 to 18 years old. The idea of the labs is to work as a school reinforcement on natural sciences disciplines, and to give visibility to women in science, improving issues such as underrepresentation and mistrust in women work. We show the evaluation of learning efficiency by assessing the results of a quiz.</p>

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A produção científica brasileira no feminino

Cited by 26 publications

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Is there a ‘gender gap’ in authorship of the main Brazilian psychiatric journals at the beginning of the 21st century?

Is there a ‘gender gap’ in authorship of the main Brazilian psychiatric journals at the beginning of the 21st century?

Diferenças de sexo em uma habilidade cognitiva específica e na produção científica

Theatre, labs and gender: an education package to improve STEM working environment

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