Authorship, Collaboration, and Gender: Fifteen Years of Publication Productivity in Selected Geography Journals

• Published in: The Professional geographer Vol. 64; no. 4; pp. 491 - 502
• Main Authors: Rigg, Lesley S., McCarragher, Shannon, Krmenec, Andrew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Taylor & Francis Group 01.11.2012; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Authors; authorship; autoría; citación; citation; colaboración; Collaboration; gender; Gender differences; Gender differentiation; Geography; género; Periodicals; Productivity; publicación; Scholarly publishing; Scientific publications; U.S.A; Writers; 作者; 出版; 合作; 引用; 性别; United States > US

In academia, publication productivity, defined as the number of peer-reviewed articles published and the frequency of citations, is a primary factor in the assessment of tenure and promotion. One of the most cited gender differences in academia is the "productivity puzzle," which suggests...