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Weert, Egbert de

doi:10.1023/a:1026762712005

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“…There, the position of women in higher academic positions is even lower than elsewhere. The growing share of women is characteristic for all positions, however the general rule still is ‘the higher the rank in academia, the lower the number of women’ (Brouns 2000; De Weert 2001; Timmers et al 2010). Although female researchers are improving their position, the process is rather slow.…”

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Gender differences in scientific productivity: a persisting phenomenon?

Arensbergen

Weijden

Besselaar³

2012

Scientometrics

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There is substantial literature on research performance differences between male and female researchers, and its explanation. Using publication records of 852 social scientists, we show that performance differences indeed exist. However, our case study suggests that in the younger generation of researchers these have disappeared. If performance differences exist at all in our case, young female researchers outperform young male researchers. The trend in developed societies, that women increasingly outperform men in all levels of education, is also becoming effective in the science system.

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