Gender bias in journals of gender studies

• Published in: Scientometrics Vol. 93; no. 1; pp. 135 - 150
• Main Authors: Kretschmer, Hildrun, Kundra, Ramesh, Beaver, Donald deB, Kretschmer, Theo
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2012; Springer
• Subjects: Bias; Bibliometrics. Scientometrics; Bibliometrics. Scientometrics. Evaluation; Co authorship; Computer Science; Exact sciences and technology; Gender; Information and communication sciences; Information science. Documentation; Information Storage and Retrieval; Library and information science. General aspects; Library Science; Scholarly publishing; Sciences and techniques of general use; Social networks; C31; 68; C02; C46; Social networks; Gender bias; Co-operation; C0; C3; Collaboration patterns; 91; 94; 62; Co-authorship; Research field; Correlation analysis; Periodical; Scientific research; Indicator; Author productivity

The causes of gender bias favoring men in scientific and scholarly systems are complex and related to overall gender relationships in most of the countries of the world. An as yet unanswered question is whether in research publication gender bias is equally distributed over scientific disciplines an...