gender and journal authorship: an assessment of articles published by women in three top british political science and international relations journals

Williams, Helen; Bates, Stephen; Jenkins, Laura; Luke, Darcy; Rogers, Kelly C.

doi:10.1057/eps.2015.8

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“…A second approach for determining how many female scholars work in a research area involves coding the gender of journal article or book authors in a discipline (Evans and Moulder 2011;Williams et al 2015). Breuning and Sanders (2007) found that women were only 21% of article authors in eight political science journals (1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004), even though their representation in APSA and ISA then exceeded 30%.…”

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How Many Citations to Women Is “Enough”? Estimates of Gender Representation in Political Science

Dion

Mitchell

2019

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Recent studies identified gendered citation gaps in political science journal articles, with male scholars being less likely to cite work by female scholars in comparison to their female peers. Although journal editors, editorial boards, and political scientists are becoming more aware of implicit biases and adopting strategies to remedy them, we know less about the proper baselines for citations in subfields and research areas of political science. Without information about how many women should be cited in a research field, it is difficult to know whether the distribution is biased. Using the gender distribution of membership in professional political science organizations and article authors in 38 political science journals, we provide scholars with suggested minimum baselines for gender representation in citations. We also show that women represent a larger share of organization members than the authors in sponsoring organizations’ journals.

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How Many Citations to Women Is “Enough”? Estimates of Gender Representation in Political Science

Dion

Mitchell

2019

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“…For example, in international relations (IR) female authors are less likely to be cited in publications (Maliniak et al, 2013). An analysis of British based Political Science and International Relations journals reveals that that women are less likely to be published as sole or lead authors than their male counterparts even though they are just as likely to be cited (Williams et al, 2015). Despite sub-field specific variations, cross-national comparison demonstrates overall that the structural disadvantages women face in the discipline transcend national boundaries (Abels and Woods, 2015;Bates and Savigny, 2015a, b;Briggs and Harrison, 2015;Elizondo, 2015;Kantola, 2015).…”

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introduction: gender in european political science education – taking stock and future directions

2016

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Major changes have occurred in the teaching of gender since the shift from women's studies to gender studies. In some institutions gender studies became a separate and interdisciplinary track within social sciences and humanities, whilst in others it either lacked integration or disappeared altogether. What do these developments mean for gender in political science curricula? In this symposium scholars from different European countries, including Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK reflect on the state of gender within political science education. This introductory essay places national experiences within a broader European perspective; highlighting that gender is virtually absent from much of the political science curriculum. Gender and political science courses suffer from issues of supply (rather than demand), such as the persistent under-representation of women academics within political science as well as tight budget constraints. We argue that this is problematic and that gender should be a core part of the political science curricula for three key reasons: 1) politics 2 is about power and power is always gendered; 2) embedding gender in the core of political science education may positively affect gender equality in the profession and politics; and 3) it reflects the contemporary resurgence of feminist activism across Europe. We conclude with concrete recommendations about how institutions and individuals can help address the virtual absence of gender, including: the integration of gender-related courses in politics programs; Gender & Politics related awards; big data collection projects regarding women in the profession and gender and politics teaching; and the development of leadership courses for women in politics.

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“…In addition, 40% of first authors in Revue Gouvernance are women (14% are sole authors). This representation is encouraging, considering the results of recent studies on gender issues in political science publications (Williams et al, 2015) where women are systematically and widely underrepresented as primary authors (or sole author).…”

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2016

Revue Gouvernance

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gender and journal authorship: an assessment of articles published by women in three top british political science and international relations journals

Cited by 30 publications

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How Many Citations to Women Is “Enough”? Estimates of Gender Representation in Political Science

How Many Citations to Women Is “Enough”? Estimates of Gender Representation in Political Science

introduction: gender in european political science education – taking stock and future directions

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